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View Poll Results: How many times a day do you beat Solitaire?
0 5 35.71%
1-5 6 42.86%
6-10 1 7.14%
More than 10 2 14.29%
"Every time" 0 0%
Never have 0 0%
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Old 05-18-2011, 02:21 PM   #1
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How many times a day do you beat Solitaire?

How many times a day do you beat Solitaire?
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Old 05-18-2011, 02:29 PM   #2
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I was beating solitaire several times a day until I started needing glasses, then I stopped before I went completely blind.
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Old 05-18-2011, 02:33 PM   #3
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PER day?

I cannot answer that question since, I do not play solitaire per day.
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Old 05-18-2011, 03:02 PM   #4
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PER day?

I cannot answer that question since, I do not play solitaire per day.
So how do you answer the doctor when they ask how many alcohol beverages you drink daily?
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Old 05-18-2011, 03:35 PM   #5
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For pre extraction surgery, I was given a paper questionnaire that had multiple choice options such as daily, weekly and monthly and then by how many.
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:18 PM   #6
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I usually just play until I win and then maybe a few more times after that until I win again and then I might finally give up, unless I want to win just one more time.

Otherwise, mostly I play FreeCell and I'm running at about 54% win rate with that.
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:21 PM   #7
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How many times a day do you beat Solitaire?
A--That's not what I call it.

B--That's none of your business.
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Old 05-18-2011, 04:22 PM   #8
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You can win more often if you select to have a single card turn over instead of three.

This is the way I play, because I am not a masochist.
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Old 05-18-2011, 07:27 PM   #9
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I play Chinese solitaire and beat it probably about 30-40% of the time.
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Old 05-18-2011, 07:42 PM   #10
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You can win more often if you select to have a single card turn over instead of three.

This is the way I play, because I am not a masochist.
There are lots of ways to "win more often", some of which are described here. Most reliable one for me was Alt-Shift-2.
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Old 05-19-2011, 09:26 AM   #11
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I play Northwest Territory on my solitaire program on my phone.

I've started the stats over many times, and played a bunch in each set...but can never keep it much above 25% for wins.
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Old 05-19-2011, 11:50 AM   #12
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So how do you answer the doctor when they ask how many alcohol beverages you drink daily?
I lie
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Old 05-19-2011, 12:09 PM   #13
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Doctor, police officer, pesky relative...the answer is ALWAYS 2!
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Old 05-19-2011, 05:08 PM   #14
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Very dependent on the variety of solitaire.

Klondike (that's regular old American Solitaire) I run around 20% wins.

Scorpion, Alaska, Ukranian Solitaire, and Russian Solitaire, and Spider I run around 5%.

My latest favorite is Batsford, which is nigh impossible, 1-2% wins.

I have a lot of time on my hands, and 250 versions of solitaire.
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Old 05-21-2011, 08:42 AM   #15
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Wolf, do you play with actual cards, or on the computer? Before computer, I used to play a lot of Canfield and Scorpion.
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