Seven Alleys, deal #2
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About this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Seven Alleys: 78% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The seven alleys show Cavallo of Swords, 5 of Coins, 3 of Swords, Re of Swords, 6 of Swords, 4 of Cups and 5 of Swords on top; 21 cards start face down below them and 12 wait in the stock.
No Ace is free at the start.
The deepest Ace, the Ace of Coins, is covered by 6 cards in column 7.
One Re can be seen from the start – a ready base for an empty alley.
No two cards are in building order yet.
The solver's winning line has 55 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 55 moves, 12 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 155 of 200 (78%)
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Face-down cards
- 21
- Cards in the stock
- 12
- Aces visible at the start
- 0
- Cards already in order
- 0
Where the Aces are
- Ace of Coins: column 7, 6 cards on top
How to approach it
- Uncover the face-down cards in the longest alleys first; that is where the buried Aces wait.
- Keep an alley clearable for a Re – it turns the longest column into a run you can move as a whole.
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
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Move the 5 of Coins onto the 6 of Swords.