Solitaire: Aces Up Tutorial

Deal in groups of 7. Build alternating sequences, but don't get blocked! Build up four ace foundations to win!
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[@VinceKully]

tried this 5 times. first 3 games, i was only able to make a couple moves. last 2 games lasted a little longer, but woof. This doesn't seem "highly winnable" at all!

[@SolitaireWithTheCardGuy]

Very addictive because it feels achievable but winnable to one remaining pile? Very tough. Keep at it!!

[@TT-it1xw]

Played this for hours last night only won TWICE. Went to bed frustrated. Could I be shuffling cards too much?

[@SolitaireWithTheCardGuy]

Sorry to hear about the frustration. I can relate - tough to accept when a winnable game insists on failing. Your idea of shuffling less may be worth a try. Best of luck!

[@Bsnsobscuregames]

Another excellent video!

[@SolitaireWithTheCardGuy]

Thank you!

[@incredulous72]

Card guy. This doesn’t look like the aces up game I’m familiar with. Can you do the other aces up, with the four card tableau and the discard pile?
I think this version you play is more commonly known as Easthaven.

[@SolitaireWithTheCardGuy]

@@incredulous72 Interesting … will do a little research. Thx!

[@SolitaireWithTheCardGuy]

Circling back, the Aces Up version and rules were published by the United States Playing Card Company back in 1950. In looking up rules for Easthaven, many sites call it "originally called Aces Up." How do your Aces Up rules differ? Curious ...

[@incredulous72]

@@SolitaireWithTheCardGuythe aces up I’m familiar with is also known as Drivel Patience, Firing Squad, and Idiot’s delight (and funnily enough its nothing like the idiots delight you just posted!).
Gameplay for Aces Up works as follows (from Wikipedia):
1. Deal four cards in a row face up.
2. If there are two or more cards of the same suit, discard all but the highest-ranked card of that suit. Aces rank high.
3. Repeat step 2 until there are no more pairs of cards with the same suit.
4. Whenever there are any empty spaces, you may choose the top card of another pile to be put into the empty space. After you do this, go to Step 2.
5. When there are no more cards to move or remove, deal out the next four cards from the deck face-up onto each pile.
6. Repeat Step 2, using only the visible, or top, cards on each of the four piles.
7. When the last four cards have been dealt out and any moves made, the game is over. The fewer cards left in the tableau, the better. To win is to have only the four aces left.
When the game ends, the number of discarded cards is your score. The maximum score (and thus the score necessary to win) is 48, which means all cards have been discarded except for the four aces, thus the name of the game.
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This is also the version of aces up that is available on phone apps. Also many other TH-camrs show this version of Aces Up (but not to the high quality of your videos!)

[@D1Rty0n3]

So @ 6:20 is ya can’t move 5 clubs onto 6 of diamonds??

[@AvaMcGill-p4s]

Good afternoon 😊

[@antoniozumpano826]

Hellow, Card Guy! I can not see difference from that game and Spider, I mean, both have the same mechanism for deal cards! Is this game a sort or a variation os Spider? I like it very much, for it can be played in a short time.

[@SolitaireWithTheCardGuy]

Agreed. I like games that are addictive, and can be played and repeated! Thanks for writing.

[@pennyhughes192]

Is this also known as Yukon?

[@antoniozumpano826]

@@pennyhughes192 I am afraid not.

[@juliannaackerman4445]

Good game