Rules
How to play Aces Up Solitaire
Discard lower cards when two exposed cards share a suit, aiming to leave only the aces.
When two or more exposed top cards share a suit, discard a lower one. Aces rank high.
Fill an empty tableau space from a multi-card pile when doing so exposes the card beneath; moving a lone card between gaps is not required.
Make every available discard and useful empty-space fill before dealing one new card onto every pile from the stock.
Cards below a pile top remain unavailable.
How to win
Discard 48 cards so that only the four aces remain.
Physical deck
Set up the table
Use the steps below to play this rules version with ordinary cards and no screen.
- Shuffle one deck and deal one face-up card into each of four tableau piles.
- Keep the remaining 48 cards face down as the stock.
Aces Up Solitaire opening deal
These counts summarize the opening table; follow the numbered steps above for exact placement and overlap.
- Stock
- 1 pile48 cards · 0 face up
- Four piles
- 4 piles4 cards · 4 face up
Strategy
Strategy for Aces Up Solitaire
Create an empty space before the next deal when possible.
Protect aces; they can eliminate every lower card of their suit.
Use empty spaces to expose buried comparison cards.
Common mistakes
- Treating aces as low.
- Discarding a card that is not currently a pile top.
- Dealing before exhausting the available discards and useful empty-space fills.
Sources & variant
The chosen rules, documented
This playable beta uses rules version 1.1.0. The references below support this version; other tables may use different redeal, wrapping, movement, or scoring rules. A saved deal always keeps the rules it began with.