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Solitaire simulator for finding the best strategy: Current record is 8.590%

by PaulHoule on 4/17/2026, 1:38:01 AM

https://github.com/dacracot/Klondike3-Simulator

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by: advisedwang

Per [1] (found via wikipedia) 35% is possible!<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20210924183919&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aaai.org&#x2F;ocs&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;ICAPS&#x2F;ICAPS09&#x2F;paper&#x2F;viewFile&#x2F;724&#x2F;1090" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20210924183919&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.aaai....</a>

4/17/2026, 5:53:49 PM


by: reenorap

Isn&#x27;t 8.5% low?<p>My mom didn&#x27;t use the computer much except she did play solitaire on her Windows laptop all the time. She had over a 2000 game win streak until she got dementia and stopped using the computer altogether.

4/17/2026, 6:05:31 PM