Three Hills, deal #4
MediumChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This deal sits in the middle of the range for Three Hills: 12% of the quick simulated games won it, so a sensible plan usually carries it through.
The pile starts with the 8 of Hearts. At the start you can reach 10 of Diamonds, Jack of Spades, Jack of Clubs, Queen of Clubs, 4 of Hearts, King of Clubs, 9 of Hearts, Queen of Spades, 9 of Spades and 3 of Hearts.
2 of them fit on the 8 of Hearts straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 11 cards before the first stock card is needed.
The most common value in the layout is Queen (4 cards), so its neighbours Jack and King are the values to keep in sight.
23 cards wait in the stock; the solver's line turns 23 of them.
The solver's winning line has 51 moves.
Deal facts
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Solver's winning line
- 51 moves, 23 of them stock turns
- Quick simulated games won
- 24 of 200 (12%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 8 of Hearts
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Cards in the stock
- 23
- Cards playable at once
- 2
- Longest opening run
- 11
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 9 of Hearts onto the 8 of Hearts.
- Play the 10 of Diamonds onto the 9 of Hearts.
- Play the Jack of Spades onto the 10 of Diamonds.