Three Hills, deal #11
MediumChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Three Hills: 30% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The pile starts with the 10 of Diamonds. At the start you can reach 6 of Spades, 5 of Clubs, 7 of Diamonds, 2 of Clubs, 7 of Hearts, 4 of Spades, 3 of Clubs, Jack of Hearts, 9 of Hearts and 10 of Hearts.
2 of them fit on the 10 of Diamonds straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 3 cards before the first stock card is needed.
The most common value in the layout is 9 (4 cards), so its neighbours 8 and 10 are the values to keep in sight.
23 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 18 of them.
The solver's winning line has 46 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 46 moves, 18 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 59 of 200 (30%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 10 of Diamonds
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Cards in the stock
- 23
- Cards playable at once
- 2
- Longest opening run
- 3
How to approach it
- Follow the long opening run, but at every fork check which choice leaves a card for the next step.
- Spread your moves across the columns so that no column is left deep and alone at the end.
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
- Play the Jack of Hearts onto the 10 of Diamonds.
- Play the 10 of Hearts onto the Jack of Hearts.
- Play the 9 of Hearts onto the 10 of Hearts.