Three Hills, deal #23
MediumChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Three Hills: 23% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The pile starts with the Queen of Diamonds. At the start you can reach King of Clubs, 3 of Spades, Ace of Spades, 9 of Hearts, 2 of Diamonds, 8 of Clubs, 4 of Clubs, 10 of Clubs, Queen of Spades and 8 of Diamonds.
One of them fits on the Queen 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 8 (4 cards), so its neighbours 7 and 9 are the values to keep in sight.
23 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 22 of them.
The solver's winning line has 50 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 50 moves, 22 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 46 of 200 (23%)
- Starting card on the pile
- Queen 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.
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 King of Clubs onto the Queen of Diamonds.
- Play the Ace of Spades onto the King of Clubs.
- Play the 2 of Diamonds onto the Ace of Spades.