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[conuly]

Poll #25524 Solitaire

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Do you cheat at solitaire?

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No, of course not
32 (47.1%)

Occasionally
22 (32.4%)

It's the only way to win!
8 (11.8%)

I don't play solitaire
6 (8.8%)

Comments

[glaurung]

When I play it on my tablet, I use the “turn 1 card at a time” rule instead of turn 3. This makes winning common enough that its not frustrating.

[dine]

I do that too!

[conuly]

I mean, duh. That's not cheating, that's just smart play.

[james]

I sat here for a few minutes wondering how you can cheat at solitaire then I realised you probably meant with a real deck of cards where you can just reach down and move a card or turn over a different one. (How could you cheat with computer solitaire?)

[melita66]

If the app lets you undo a move...

I'm not going to back up through a whole deal/round, but I use it when I've realized that I missed a card or to check which pile's card I want. I still usually have sucky stats because the games I like are the ones that require some luck to get a winnable layout. I usually run 5-10% win rate on them.

[james]

Oh! I don't think I've ever noticed that option.

[jhetley]

How is it possible to cheat at solitaire? The rules are what you make them.

[conuly]

Well, that's one approach.

[cactuswatcher]

With the solitaire games, I play I'm good enough at them to be able to see when they are first dealt out on the lap-top screen whether I've got a decent chance of winning or not. So I frequently just re-deal bad ones, without wasting my time. In the old days when I was shuffling and dealing real cards (which is time consuming), yes, once in a while I'd get frustrated and cheat.

[isis]

No, but I'm earwormed now.

[agoodwinsmith]

Depends. I'm after the sorting task, not the handling task, so if I am using a deck of cards and have laid them all out, I may cheat to get more sorting. Computer I don't have to handle the cards, so I get more sorting no matter what.

[zhelana]

I'm kept honest by the fact that I only play solitaire on an app and it won't let me cheat.

[pauamma]

I sometimes use the "undo" feature. Does that count as cheating?

[darkoshi]

Actually, it's been so long since I last played it, I'm not sure I even remember the rules.

[ayebydan]

took me a while to work out how you even could there!

[peristaltor]

I only do four-suit spider, so, yeah. Undoing moves helped me learn how to win the thing. Now I can win at least a game out of 5 (or more) without undoing.