Three Hills, deal #25
MediumChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Three Hills: 14% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The pile starts with the King of Clubs. At the start you can reach Ace of Clubs, 8 of Hearts, 6 of Spades, Jack of Spades, 10 of Hearts, 8 of Clubs, King of Spades, 3 of Diamonds, 4 of Spades and 9 of Diamonds.
One of them fits on the King of Clubs straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 2 cards before the first stock card is needed.
The most common value in the layout is Ace (4 cards), so its neighbours King and 2 are the values to keep in sight.
23 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 21 of them.
The solver's winning line has 49 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 49 moves, 21 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 27 of 200 (14%)
- Starting card on the pile
- King of Clubs
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Cards in the stock
- 23
- Cards playable at once
- 1
- Longest opening run
- 2
How to approach it
- 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 Ace of Clubs onto the King of Clubs.
- Play the King of Spades onto the Ace of Clubs.
- Turn a card from the stock.