Seven Alleys, deal #4
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About this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Seven Alleys: 72% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The seven alleys show 2 of Cups, 3 of Cups, 2 of Batons, 7 of Cups, Re of Batons, 3 of Batons and Fante of Cups 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 Batons, 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 65 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 65 moves, 20 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 145 of 200 (72%)
- 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 Cups: column 4, 2 cards on top
- Ace of Swords: column 5, 4 cards on top
- Ace of Coins: column 6, 4 cards on top
- Ace of Batons: 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
- Move the 2 of Batons onto the 3 of Cups.
- Move the 3 of Batons onto the 4 of Swords.
- Move the 2 of Swords onto the 3 of Batons.