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Cruel Solitaire Strategy Guide

Cruel Solitaire is an unusual solitaire game,Then the 5 of Diamonds will NOT be on top of
that many people think has a low successStack-C  after  a  redeal.
rate. Careful planning will allow the
advanced solitaire player to win more thanKnowing this pattern will give you much
50%  of  the  games  they  play  though.greater control over cruel solitaire, and
allows for some powerful strategies that will
The trick to winning cruel solitaire is tovastly  increase  your  chances  of  winning.
know when to deal from the talon. When you
first start playing cruel solitaire, it seemsDON'T  ALWAYS MOVE CARDS TO THE FOUNDATION...
like dealing from the talon randomly shuffles
the cards, but this is not the case. A dealBecause of the above pattern, it does not
from the talon just redeals the cards in thealways make sense to move a card to the talon
same  order  they  currently  appear.at the first opportunity. Instead, you can
keep the card, and just make sure that you
This allows an advanced player to have somedon't put any extra cards in the stacks to
knowledge of what will happen when the talonthe  left  of  it.
deal is done... which vastly improves the
chances of winning every game of cruelThis way, you can keep redealing, to expose
solitaire  that  you  play.new cards, and you will KNOW that the card
will always remain in play. Only when you
There are certain easy-to-learn patterns thatcan't make any more moves should you then
help  with  this.move  the  card  to  the  foundation.
If all the stacks to the left of a stack haveThis gives you the most opportunity to keep
4 cards in them before the redeal, then afterplaying, without blocking play. And it leads
the redeal, the card that is on top will stayto a general procedure, that you can follow
on  top.to win a lot more games of cruel solitaire...
For example, suppose the first 3 stacksA GENERAL PROCEDURE TO WIN CRUEL SOLITAIRE...
appear  like  this:
Here is a procedure that will help you to win
Stack-A:  4  Cardscruel solitaire. It isn't perfect, and you'll
probably make your own alterations to it as
Stack-B:  4  Cardsyou get better at the game, but it shows how
to carefully play cruel solitaire to avoid
Stack-C: 5 Cards with a 5 of Diamonds on top.blockages.
All the stacks before Stack-C have 4 cards inA - Find the rightmost card that can go onto
them, so after a redeal, the 5 of Diamondsthe  talon.
will  still  be  at  the  top  of  Stack-C.
B - Do all the moves to the right of that
This is the same no matter how many cards arecard that you can, starting with highest rank
in  Stack-C.  So if the stacks are like this:ones
Stack-A:  4  CardsC  -  Redeal
Stack-B:  4  CardsD  -  Go  back  to  A
Stack-C: 2 Cards with a 5 of Diamonds on top.Once there are no more moves that can be made
to the right of the card, then move the card
Then the 5 of Diamonds will still be on topin the stack to the foundation, and then
of  Stack-C  after  a  talon  redeal.redeal,  and  go  back  to  A.
But if an earlier stack does not have 4 cardsIf no cards can play, then order all the
in it, then the card will NOT stay on topcards you can, starting with the highest rank
after  a  redeal.ones,  and  then  redeal.
So  if  the  stacks  are  like  this:That's  it!
Stack-A:  5  CardsYou can definitely tweak this procedure to
make it better, but I've tried to keep it
Stack-B:  4  Cardssimple here, and it should allow you to play
cruel solitaire a lot better than before.
Stack-C: 2 Cards with a 5 of Diamonds on top.Have fun!



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