Aces Up

Aces Up
A Patience game
Alternative namesFiring Squad, Drivel Patience, Idiot's Delight
TypeClosed non-builder
FamilyDiscarding
DeckSingle 52-card
Playing time2–4 min
Odds of winning1 in 43[1]

Aces Up is a quick and simple, one-pack, patience or solitaire card game.[2][3]

One advantage of Aces Up is its minimal use of space: it requires only four piles of cards, and a place to discard cards to. Winning chances with good play are about 1 in 43 games.[4]

  1. ^ Python simulation of 1000000 games
  2. ^ "Aces Up" (p.8) in Card & Dice Games by N.A.C. Bathe, Robert Frederick Ltd, 2004.ISBN 1-889752-06-1
  3. ^ Aces Up and its Variations by Michael Keller, July 26, 2011
  4. ^ Python simulation of 1000000 games