Three Hills, deal #15
HardChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Three Hills: only 14% 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 5 of Diamonds. At the start you can reach 4 of Spades, 2 of Clubs, 10 of Spades, Jack of Hearts, 2 of Diamonds, 10 of Clubs, 9 of Diamonds, 3 of Diamonds, 5 of Spades and Ace of Diamonds.
One of them fits on the 5 of Diamonds straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 5 cards before the first stock card is needed.
The most common value in the layout is 2 (3 cards), so its neighbours Ace and 3 are the values to keep in sight.
23 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 7 of them.
The solver's winning line has 35 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 35 moves, 7 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 28 of 200 (14%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 5 of Diamonds
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Cards in the stock
- 23
- Cards playable at once
- 1
- Longest opening run
- 5
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 4 of Spades onto the 5 of Diamonds.
- Play the 3 of Diamonds onto the 4 of Spades.
- Play the 2 of Clubs onto the 3 of Diamonds.