Three Hills, deal #28
HardChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Three Hills: only 0% 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 Queen of Spades. At the start you can reach Ace of Hearts, 7 of Clubs, 8 of Spades, 9 of Diamonds, 9 of Hearts, 2 of Clubs, 6 of Clubs, Jack of Diamonds, 2 of Hearts and Queen of Hearts.
One of them fits on the Queen of Spades 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 (3 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
- Hard
- Solver's winning line
- 49 moves, 21 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 1 of 200 (0%)
- Starting card on the pile
- Queen of Spades
- 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.
- 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 Jack of Diamonds onto the Queen of Spades.
- Play the Queen of Hearts onto the Jack of Diamonds.
- Turn a card from the stock.