700: Personal Milestone

I have finally finished the first 700 deals of the MS Freecell.  I was a lot less eager to finish.  I discovered that if you do not finish a deal the first time, move on.  What you know hurts your chances, because it didn't work the first time.  Then, if the deal continues to be trouble I take the following tactic:

1) Start with the left column.

2) Dump as many (hopefully ALL) cards in that column by either building on other column or using the cells.

3) If you're not blocked, try to finish.

4) If you get blocked, repeat with rows 2 thru 8.

This method cures a "solver's" block by putting you in dire situations.  I found all but one of the deals to be solvable using this method.  So I did that one the hard way, persistance.

Now, on Archway Solitaire, part of XBLA Soltrio, I can't seem to win!  It is embarrassing how much time was spent on it.