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has a lower card of a specific suit below a higher of the same suit, or all kings not on the bottom of each cascade cannot be solved without cheating. The shuffle and redeal is of little help. For each king left in the second redeal, there is a 66% chance that the cascade cannot be solved (if the king is not lowest). Moving aces out (Trefoil rule) has cosmetic character.
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575:The Little Book of Solitaire
460:The Treasury of Family Games
438:"La Belle Lucie" (p.232) in
418:"La Belle Lucie" (p.208) in
40:Screenshot of La Belle Lucie
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577:, Running Press, 2002.
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597:Arnold, Peter (2011).
550:Card Games for Dummies
420:Hoyle's Rules of Games
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1092:Frustration
1082:Eight Cards
1021:Crazy Quilt
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526:Arnold 2011
129:Lovely Lucy
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1444:Black Hole
1425:Open games
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768:Precedence
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1575:Shamrocks
1505:Eight Off
1459:Salic Law
1366:Stonewall
1280:Sir Tommy
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1454:Intrigue
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133:The Fan
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