Heart to Heart

Example games

In brief

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAM can be won in 87 moves, including 66 cards turned over, for a score of 250: the game is replayed below, position by position. Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAC, however, is unwinnable from the start. Enter either code in the app's New Game window to play the same deal.

A winning game: HH1-N-AAAAAAM

This winning game was found by a program that plays using the app's functions, then replayed move by move for this site. It includes 6 pairs taken from the heart, 13 pairs using the waste, 66 cards turned over and 2 stock recycles. The first pair comes on move 10.

At the start

0 moves, score 0; 25 cards in the heart; 26 in the stock, 1 in the waste.

Heart: 25 cards; free: 4 of hearts at position 25. Stock: 26 cards. Waste: ace of hearts on top, 1 card.

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAM, at the start.

After 10 moves

10 moves, score 10; 24 cards in the heart; 17 in the stock, 9 in the waste.

Heart: 24 cards; free: 8 of hearts at position 23, 9 of hearts at position 24. Stock: 17 cards. Waste: jack of hearts on top, 9 cards.

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAM, after 10 moves.

After 30 moves

30 moves, score 40; 21 cards in the heart; 0 in the stock, 23 in the waste.

Heart: 21 cards; free: 2 of hearts at position 19, ace of hearts at position 20, 3 of hearts at position 21. Stock: 0 cards. Waste: 6 of hearts on top, 23 cards.

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAM, after 30 moves.

After 60 moves

60 moves, score 150; 10 cards in the heart; 1 in the stock, 19 in the waste.

Heart: 10 cards; free: 8 of hearts at position 5, 3 of hearts at position 7, 6 of hearts at position 8, jack of hearts at position 15. Stock: 1 card. Waste: 5 of hearts on top, 19 cards.

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAM, after 60 moves.

Game won

87 moves, score 250; 0 cards in the heart; 2 in the stock, 12 in the waste.

Heart: 0 cards; free: none. Stock: 2 cards. Waste: 2 of hearts on top, 12 cards.

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAM, game won.
The game’s 87 moves
  1. draw
  2. draw
  3. draw
  4. draw
  5. draw
  6. draw
  7. draw
  8. draw
  9. draw
  10. pair: 4♥ (waste), 4♥ (position 25); score 10
  11. draw
  12. draw
  13. draw
  14. draw
  15. draw
  16. draw
  17. draw
  18. draw
  19. draw
  20. draw
  21. draw
  22. draw
  23. draw
  24. pair: 8♥ (waste), 8♥ (position 23); score 20
  25. draw
  26. pair: 9♥ (waste), 9♥ (position 24); score 30
  27. draw
  28. draw
  29. draw
  30. pair: R♥ (waste), R♥ (position 22); score 40
  31. waste returned to the stock
  32. draw
  33. pair: A♥ (waste), A♥ (position 20); score 50
  34. draw
  35. draw
  36. draw
  37. draw
  38. draw
  39. draw
  40. draw
  41. draw
  42. draw
  43. draw
  44. draw
  45. draw
  46. draw
  47. pair: 3♥ (waste), 3♥ (position 21); score 60
  48. pair: 9♥ (position 17), 9♥ (position 16); score 80
  49. pair: 2♥ (position 19), 2♥ (position 12); score 100
  50. pair: 6♥ (position 18), 6♥ (position 11); score 120
  51. pair: 7♥ (position 13), 7♥ (position 6); score 140
  52. pair: D♥ (waste), D♥ (position 14); score 150
  53. draw
  54. draw
  55. draw
  56. draw
  57. draw
  58. draw
  59. draw
  60. draw
  61. draw
  62. pair: 6♥ (waste), 6♥ (position 8); score 160
  63. waste returned to the stock
  64. draw
  65. pair: V♥ (waste), V♥ (position 15); score 170
  66. draw
  67. draw
  68. draw
  69. draw
  70. draw
  71. draw
  72. pair: 7♥ (waste), 7♥ (position 9); score 180
  73. draw
  74. draw
  75. draw
  76. draw
  77. draw
  78. draw
  79. pair: R♥ (waste), R♥ (position 10); score 190
  80. pair: 3♥ (position 7), 3♥ (position 4); score 210
  81. pair: 8♥ (position 5), 8♥ (position 2); score 230
  82. pair: 10♥ (waste), 10♥ (position 1); score 240
  83. draw
  84. draw
  85. draw
  86. draw
  87. pair: 5♥ (waste), 5♥ (position 3); score 250

A second game: HH1-N-AAAAAAJ

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAJ can also be won, in 104 moves. The tip is a D♥ and the waste shows a R♥: you must turn over 25 cards before the first pair.

Heart: 25 cards; free: queen of hearts at position 25. Stock: 26 cards. Waste: king of hearts on top, 1 card.

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAJ at the start.
The game’s 104 moves
  1. draw
  2. draw
  3. draw
  4. draw
  5. draw
  6. draw
  7. draw
  8. draw
  9. draw
  10. draw
  11. draw
  12. draw
  13. draw
  14. draw
  15. draw
  16. draw
  17. draw
  18. draw
  19. draw
  20. draw
  21. draw
  22. draw
  23. draw
  24. draw
  25. draw
  26. pair: D♥ (waste), D♥ (position 25); score 10
  27. draw
  28. waste returned to the stock
  29. draw
  30. draw
  31. draw
  32. draw
  33. draw
  34. draw
  35. draw
  36. pair: 5♥ (waste), 5♥ (position 24); score 20
  37. draw
  38. pair: 6♥ (waste), 6♥ (position 23); score 30
  39. draw
  40. draw
  41. draw
  42. pair: A♥ (waste), A♥ (position 20); score 40
  43. draw
  44. draw
  45. draw
  46. draw
  47. pair: 9♥ (waste), 9♥ (position 22); score 50
  48. draw
  49. draw
  50. draw
  51. draw
  52. pair: 4♥ (waste), 4♥ (position 21); score 60
  53. draw
  54. draw
  55. pair: 3♥ (waste), 3♥ (position 18); score 70
  56. draw
  57. pair: 2♥ (waste), 2♥ (position 17); score 80
  58. draw
  59. draw
  60. draw
  61. pair: 7♥ (waste), 7♥ (position 19); score 90
  62. draw
  63. waste returned to the stock
  64. draw
  65. pair: R♥ (waste), R♥ (position 15); score 100
  66. pair: 5♥ (position 13), 5♥ (position 10); score 120
  67. draw
  68. draw
  69. draw
  70. pair: A♥ (waste), A♥ (position 16); score 130
  71. draw
  72. pair: 7♥ (waste), 7♥ (position 11); score 140
  73. draw
  74. pair: V♥ (waste), V♥ (position 14); score 150
  75. pair: 10♥ (waste), 10♥ (position 9); score 160
  76. pair: 8♥ (position 5), 8♥ (position 4); score 180
  77. draw
  78. draw
  79. draw
  80. pair: R♥ (waste), R♥ (position 12); score 190
  81. draw
  82. draw
  83. draw
  84. draw
  85. draw
  86. draw
  87. pair: 4♥ (waste), 4♥ (position 6); score 200
  88. pair: 3♥ (position 8), 3♥ (position 1); score 220
  89. draw
  90. draw
  91. draw
  92. pair: D♥ (waste), D♥ (position 7); score 230
  93. waste returned to the stock
  94. draw
  95. pair: 9♥ (waste), 9♥ (position 3); score 240
  96. draw
  97. draw
  98. draw
  99. draw
  100. draw
  101. draw
  102. draw
  103. draw
  104. pair: 8♥ (waste), 8♥ (position 2); score 250

A deal that is unwinnable from the start: HH1-N-AAAAAAC

Here, the tip is a R♥. The other three Kings are in the heart, at positions 13, 18, 23: none is free, and the one at position 23 is covered by the tip itself. There are no Kings in the stock. The tip can therefore never be removed, and no other cards become free. The app opens the “No more moves possible” window right at the start; the program checked every possible sequence of moves without finding a winning one.

Heart: 25 cards; free: king of hearts at position 25. Stock: 26 cards. Waste: ace of hearts on top, 1 card.

Deal HH1-N-AAAAAAC at the start: all four Kings are in the heart.

Codes to try

CodeTipWasteResult
HH1-N-AAAAAAM4♥A♥won in 87 moves
HH1-N-AAAAAAJD♥R♥won in 104 moves
HH1-N-AAAAAACR♥A♥unwinnable from the start