Pyramid Thirteen, deal #23

About this deal

This is one of the easier deals of Pyramid Thirteen: 42% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.

The bottom row starts with 4 of Clubs, Ace of Hearts, Queen of Diamonds, 7 of Diamonds, 6 of Diamonds, 9 of Clubs and 2 of Diamonds, and the 5 of Diamonds sits at the very top.

3 pairs are ready straight away among the bottom cards – choose the order with care, since some of them compete for the same card.

There is no King in the pyramid, so every card has to leave as half of a pair.

14 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 7 with 4 cards in the layout, while only 2 of its partners (6) are in the layout too; the rest come from the stock.

The solver's winning line has 52 moves.

Deal facts

Difficulty

Easy

Solver's winning line

52 moves, 33 of them stock turns

Quick simulated games won

84 of 200 (42%)

Card at the top

5 of Diamonds

Cards in the layout

28

Cards in the stock

24

Pairs ready at the start

3

Locked pairs

14

How to approach it

• Start by naming a partner for each locked card. If both partners of a locked card are also in the pyramid, free them first; otherwise wait for one from the stock.
• With several pairs on offer, take first the one that frees cards in the row above; keep the others for when the waste needs a partner.

A winning start

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