Three Hills, deal #14
HardChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Three Hills: only 6% 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 2 of Diamonds. At the start you can reach 10 of Clubs, Jack of Diamonds, 4 of Hearts, 4 of Diamonds, Ace of Hearts, 5 of Hearts, 6 of Clubs, 10 of Spades, 8 of Spades and 7 of Hearts.
One of them fits on the 2 of Diamonds straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run is a single card before the first stock card is needed.
The most common value in the layout is 6 (3 cards), so its neighbours 5 and 7 are the values to keep in sight.
23 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 12 of them.
The solver's winning line has 40 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 40 moves, 12 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 12 of 200 (6%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 2 of Diamonds
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Cards in the stock
- 23
- Cards playable at once
- 1
- Longest opening run
- 1
How to approach it
- 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 Ace of Hearts onto the 2 of Diamonds.
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Play the 5 of Hearts onto the 4 of Spades.