Black Hole Solitaire

Layout

The Black Hole is a one-deck patience. The game is begun by dealing Ace of Spades to the Black Hole (the center pile). The remaining cards are arranged as 17 fans of three cards each.

Object

The object of the game is to move all cards to the Black Hole.

Play

Only the top cards of the fans are free to play.

You can place a card which is one rank higher or lower than the Black Hole top card. Aces can be played with Kings and vice versa.

In Figure, you can move to the Black Hole 2, then 3, then 4, and so on.