Marina Golf, deal #9

About this deal

This deal sits in the middle of the range for Marina Golf: 0% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.

The pile starts with the King of Spades. At the start you can reach Queen of Spades, 3 of Hearts, King of Diamonds, 6 of Spades, 8 of Spades, Queen of Diamonds and King of Clubs.

2 of them fit on the King of Spades straight away.

Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 4 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 5 (4 cards), so its neighbours 4 and 6 are the values to keep in sight.

16 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 16 of them.

The solver's winning line has 51 moves.

Deal facts

Difficulty

Medium

Solver's winning line

51 moves, 16 of them stock turns

Quick simulated games won

0 of 200 (0%)

Starting card on the pile

King of Spades

Cards in the layout

35

Cards in the stock

16

Cards playable at once

2

Longest opening run

4

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.