Three Hills, deal #9
HardChecked as winnableAbout this deal
This is one of the harder deals of Three Hills: only 12% 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 3 of Diamonds. At the start you can reach 7 of Diamonds, Ace of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts, 6 of Spades, 9 of Hearts, 2 of Diamonds, 4 of Hearts, Queen of Diamonds, 5 of Clubs and 2 of Hearts.
3 of them fit on the 3 of Diamonds straight away.
Played perfectly, the opening run reaches 4 cards before the first stock card is needed.
The most common value in the layout is 4 (3 cards), so its neighbours 3 and 5 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
- 25 of 200 (12%)
- Starting card on the pile
- 3 of Diamonds
- Cards in the layout
- 28
- Cards in the stock
- 23
- Cards playable at once
- 3
- Longest opening run
- 4
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.
- 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 2 of Diamonds onto the 3 of Diamonds.
- Play the Ace of Diamonds onto the 2 of Diamonds.
- Play the 2 of Hearts onto the Ace of Diamonds.