Three Hills, deal #17
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 6 of Diamonds. At the start you can reach 7 of Clubs, Ace of Hearts, 9 of Diamonds, Ace of Clubs, Queen of Spades, King of Diamonds, 4 of Spades, 7 of Spades, Jack of Clubs and 9 of Hearts.
2 of them fit on the 6 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 4 (4 cards), so its neighbours 3 and 5 are the values to keep in sight.
23 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 19 of them.
The solver's winning line has 47 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 47 moves, 19 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 4 of 200 (2%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 6 of Diamonds
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Cards in the stock
- 23
- Cards playable at once
- 2
- 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 7 of Clubs onto the 6 of Diamonds.
- Turn a card from the stock.
- Play the 4 of Spades onto the 3 of Clubs.