Winnable Solitaire: Sink or Swim?

'Roger' on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:51:48 GMT, sez:

Part of Eric's problem is that the win rate for Microsoft Solitaire is about 80% according to goodsol.com. Even though every game is winnable, Eric's game probably does not have a win rate much above 80%. There is a version of winnable solitaire also known as Klondike at solitaireinnovations.com with a win rate of 80%. That version follows the traditional Klondike rules and does not allow redeals. Thus the solitaireinnovations.com game is considerably different from the Microsoft Solitaire while Eric's Solitaire is the same. There is also a winnable Pyramid solitaire game at solitaireinnovations.com with an 80% win rate. Even if the game is winnable, some decisions have more than one equally valid choice. Thus from time to time the probability of making the wrong choice for a single move is 50% or higher. Thus even a winnable game sometimes can only be won with luck.

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