Three Hills, deal #20

About this deal

This is one of the easier deals of Three Hills: 44% of the quick simulated games won it, and the solver found its winning line almost at once.

The pile starts with the Jack of Clubs. At the start you can reach 7 of Clubs, Queen of Hearts, Ace of Diamonds, 2 of Clubs, 6 of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts, Queen of Spades, 9 of Clubs, King of Clubs and 8 of Hearts.

2 of them fit on the Jack of Clubs straight away.

Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 6 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

Easy

Solver's winning line

46 moves, 18 of them stock turns

Quick simulated games won

89 of 200 (44%)

Starting card on the pile

Jack of Clubs

Cards in the layout

28

Cards in the stock

23

Cards playable at once

2

Longest opening run

6

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.