Seven Alleys, deal #28
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About this deal
This is one of the easier deals of Seven Alleys: 74% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.
The seven alleys show 6 of Coins, 7 of Coins, 7 of Cups, 2 of Swords, 2 of Coins, 6 of Cups and 2 of Batons 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 Cups, is covered by 3 cards in column 5.
No Re is face up yet, so an empty alley would have to wait.
No two cards are in building order yet.
The solver's winning line has 59 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Solver's winning line
- 59 moves, 18 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 148 of 200 (74%)
- 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 4, 1 card on top
- Ace of Swords: column 4, 2 cards on top
- Ace of Cups: column 5, 3 cards on top
How to approach it
- Uncover the face-down cards in the longest alleys first; that is where the buried Aces wait.
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
- Move the 6 of Cups onto the 7 of Coins.
- Move the 6 of Coins onto the 7 of Cups.
- Move the Re of Batons into the empty column.