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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-11-09 12:51 AM
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Is it possible that all the ways to deal Solitaire have already been
Edited on Fri Dec-11-09 12:53 AM by Tuesday Afternoon
played out? If so who played them and how many times did they beat Solitaire?
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-11-09 01:00 AM
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1. My dear Tuesday Afternoon!
Those are certainly brain-teasing questions!

And I have no answers...

I can tell you that both my husband and I have Solitaire on our computers, Windows 7 version, and we play all the time...

He has won about 60% of his games, and I'm working to maintain 45%!

I have no idea if we're typical, though...

:hi:
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-11-09 11:35 AM
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2. This would be a straightforward math question ...
... if I had any way of estimating the total number of games of solitaire played.
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cemaphonic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-11-09 03:53 PM
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4. Seems unlikely though
Considering the card ordering and player decisions, the game space has got to be pretty large. Especially considering variant rules (and for that matter, different types of "Solitaire")
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Boojatta Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-11-09 11:44 AM
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3. Here's a game that beats Solitaire:
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-11-09 03:55 PM
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5. I sometimes wonder if the hands my iPod deals out are ALL winnable or not.
Does it deal hands that are just not winnable, or is every hand beatable if I just resist the urge to put THIS red 8 on the black 9 and instead play the OTHER red 8? (Or whatever.)
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LNM Donating Member (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-11-09 04:35 PM
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6. I doubt it.
Just dealing the cards comes to 1.7 E + 89. I have no idea what that number would even be called.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-11-09 05:04 PM
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7. You want a game that is nearly impossible to win: Gin Rummy for Iphone
Mind you, I scored a gold trophy with the first 4 levels. But Gin Granny is a bee-yotch to beat

:grr:
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