Marina Golf, deal #6
EasyChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Marina Golf: 0% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The pile starts with the 9 of Hearts. At the start you can reach 6 of Diamonds, 9 of Clubs, 7 of Spades, 6 of Clubs, King of Spades, 5 of Spades and 8 of Diamonds.
One of them fits on the 9 of Hearts straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 5 cards before the first stock card is needed.
6 cards in the layout are end values (Ace and King), which connect in one direction only – the cards most likely to be left behind.
The most common value in the layout is 2 (4 cards), so its neighbours Ace and 3 are the values to keep in sight.
16 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 15 of them.
The solver's winning line has 50 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 50 moves, 15 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 1 of 200 (0%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 9 of Hearts
- Cards in the layout
- 35
- Cards in the stock
- 16
- Cards playable at once
- 1
- Longest opening run
- 5
How to approach it
- Follow the long opening run, but at every fork check which choice leaves a card for the next step.
- Plan the end values early: each of them needs exactly one neighbour on the pile at the right moment.
A winning start
These are the first moves of the solver's winning line. Open them only if you want a nudge.
Show the first three moves
- Play the 8 of Diamonds onto the 9 of Hearts.
- Play the 7 of Spades onto the 8 of Diamonds.
- Play the 6 of Diamonds onto the 7 of Spades.