Pyramid Thirteen, deal #22

About this deal

This is one of the easier deals of Pyramid Thirteen: 84% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.

The bottom row starts with Queen of Hearts, Jack of Diamonds, 9 of Clubs, 9 of Spades, 7 of Clubs, King of Hearts and 5 of Spades, and the King of Diamonds sits at the very top.

None of the bottom cards add up to 13 with each other, so the first help has to come from the stock.

3 Kings lie in the pyramid; each one leaves on its own as soon as nothing rests on it.

9 times a card lies across one of its own partners, so those two cards can never leave together and need other partners.

The most crowded value is Queen with 4 cards in the layout, while only 1 of its partners (Ace) are in the layout too; the rest come from the stock.

The solver's winning line has 58 moves.

Deal facts

Difficulty

Easy

Solver's winning line

58 moves, 33 of them stock turns

Quick simulated games won

168 of 200 (84%)

Card at the top

King of Diamonds

Cards in the layout

28

Cards in the stock

24

Pairs ready at the start

0

Locked pairs

9

How to approach it

• Because nothing pairs at the start, turn the stock slowly and look at what each new waste card could free before you use it.

A winning start

These are the first moves of the solver's winning line. Open them only if you want a nudge.