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Solitaire Rules
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Also known as `patience` in Britain, solitaire is pretty popular with nearly anyone who has owned a Windows-based PC over the past 10 years. Although people are generally familiar with the game in that context, not everyone realizes that it can be played at online casinos (for money) as well.
Basics
Although most of us are already familiar with the rules of basic solitaire, a refresher has never hurt anyone and there are a handful of minor differences between the leisure game and the casino variety. See below for more information.
Building Stacks
The building stacks are at the bottom half of the screen. The leftmost stack has 1 card, with each subsequent stack having an additional card. Only the top card of each stack is face up. Removing the top card from a stack will turn over the card below it.
The Deck
The deck is located in the top left corner of the screen and contains the cards, which are not found in the source stacks. 3 cards are initially removed and placed to the right of the deck with their face up. The top card of those 3 can be moved to another stack. Clicking on the deck will turn over the next 3 cards (if there are at least 3 cards remaining in the deck). If there are no more cards to go through in the deck, clicking on the outline of the deck will begin another pass through the deck. The number of passes through the deck is limited to 3 in most casinos if you`re dealing 3 cards each time. If you choose to deal ONE card at a time, then the number of passes is limited to one.
Suit Stacks
The suit stacks are located in the upper right corner and are initially unoccupied. An ace can be moved to its suit stack and then cards are added in ascending rank according to suit.
Game Play
- A card at the top of a stack can be moved to its corresponding suit stack if the rank of the card at the top of that stack is one less than the card's rank (Kings have a rank of 13, queens 12, jacks 11 and an ace has a rank of 1).
- A king can be moved to an empty space.
- A card can be moved from the deck, a suit stack, or a building stack to a source stack if the card at the top of the destination stack has a different colour from and a value one more than the card.
- Ordered cards at the bottom of a building stack can be moved to another building stack if there is a card in the ordered sequence which has a different colour and a rank one less than the card at the top of the destination stack.A player has the choice of either drawing one card from the deck at a time and only going through the deck once, or they can draw three cards at a time but may only play the top card of the draw. If a player opts for the three-card draw they are also allowed to go through the deck three times.
Payoffs
What separates this version of solitaire from the `play-at-work-when-you`re-bored` variety is that here you are actually playing for money. Accordingly, winning payoffs are based on how many cards you successfully place in the suit stacks by the end. Depending on your initial stake, it usually takes about 11 cards being successfully place in the suit stacks before a profit is shown. After this every card up to the 52 is sheer profit, which, if you manage to `win`, can be a very sizable payday.