Deal #169 is rated Hard. The app plays each deal out in the background and grades it by how much backtracking it takes.
5♥3♦4♦2♣J♣8♠6♦
8♥A♦8♣7♣5♠K♠Q♣
7♠5♦A♣4♥3♥A♠6♥
7♦8♦3♠J♥4♣4♠6♠
A♥6♣10♥3♣J♠2♥
9♣10♠Q♦9♠K♥K♣
2♠9♦J♦Q♠5♣K♦
7♥Q♥9♥10♦10♣2♦
This deal
Rating
Hard
How rare it is
12% of all 32,000 — about one deal in nine
Moves it takes to win
107 moves — typically around 106
Solution to #169
Play these moves from the start and the deal comes out. Columns are 1–8 from the left and the free cells are a–d; each line says which card goes where. A move of several cards shows the first and last card of the run (9♠–7♥).
52 of the 107 moves are faded — they send a card home. Skip any your game has already sent there.
Q♣2 → 7
6♥3 → a
A♠3 → home
K♠2 → b
5♠2 → 1
6♥a → 2
3♥3 → a
4♥3 → 1
A♣3 → home
5♦3 → 4
6♥2 → 3
5♠–4♥1 → 3
2♥5 → c
J♠5 → d
2♥c → 5
5♠–4♥3 → 1
3♣–2♥5 → 1
6♥3 → 2
7♠3 → c
J♠d → 3
10♥5 → 3
6♣5 → d
A♥5 → home
2♥1 → home
3♥a → home
5♠–3♣1 → 2
K♦–Q♣7 → 5
5♣7 → 1
Q♠7 → a
J♦7 → 5
2♦8 → 2
9♦7 → 8
2♠7 → home
10♣–9♦8 → 5
7♠c → 7
6♦–5♣1 → 7
8♠1 → 5
10♦8 → c
10♥3 → 1
10♦c → 3
9♥8 → c
Q♥8 → 6
7♥8 → 5
J♣–10♥1 → 6
2♣1 → home
3♣–2♦2 → 1
6♠–5♦4 → 5
4♠4 → 5
4♥2 → 7
Q♠a → 8
4♣4 → a
J♥4 → 8
3♠4 → home
4♠5 → home
4♣a → 5
5♠2 → home
7♣–6♥2 → 4
5♣–4♥7 → 4
8♣2 → a
A♦2 → home
2♦1 → home
3♣1 → home
4♥4 → home
4♦1 → 4
3♦1 → home
4♦4 → home
4♣5 → home
5♥1 → home
5♣4 → home
6♥4 → home
5♦5 → home
6♣d → home
6♠5 → home
7♥5 → home
6♦7 → home
7♣4 → home
7♠7 → home
8♥2 → home
9♥c → home
10♥6 → home
J♥8 → home
Q♠8 → c
8♦4 → d
7♦4 → home
8♣a → home
8♦d → home
8♠5 → home
9♦5 → home
K♣–J♣6 → 1
K♥6 → a
9♠6 → home
Q♦6 → d
10♠6 → home
9♣6 → home
10♦3 → home
J♠3 → home
10♣5 → home
J♣1 → home
Q♥1 → home
J♦5 → home
Q♠c → home
Q♦d → home
K♠b → home
Q♣5 → home
K♥a → home
K♣1 → home
K♦5 → home
To play this deal
Type 169 into Pick a deal and this is what you get — the same layout it has had for thirty years.
