Three Hills, deal #13
HardChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Three Hills: only 2% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver had to search for a while before finding the way.
The pile starts with the 7 of Spades. At the start you can reach 5 of Hearts, Jack of Hearts, 2 of Hearts, 6 of Spades, 10 of Hearts, Ace of Spades, 4 of Clubs, 10 of Spades, Jack of Clubs and Jack of Diamonds.
One of them fits on the 7 of Spades 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 Jack (4 cards), so its neighbours 10 and Queen are the values to keep in sight.
23 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 21 of them.
The solver's winning line has 49 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 49 moves, 21 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 4 of 200 (2%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 7 of Spades
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Cards in the stock
- 23
- Cards playable at once
- 1
- 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.
- This is a hard deal: use undo to test an idea, and the hint button if you are completely stuck.
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 6 of Spades onto the 7 of Spades.
- Play the 5 of Hearts onto the 6 of Spades.
- Play the 4 of Clubs onto the 5 of Hearts.