Solitaire strategy: empty columns and Kings
An empty column in Solitaire is powerful but only a King can fill it. Learn when to empty a column and when to keep it for the right King. Winning ideas · lesson 2 of 4.
The lesson in words
Here a King is waiting on top of face-down cards.
Try it: Use the empty column well.
Empty a column when a King is ready to use it. Next: when to play cards up to the foundations.
Questions
You can empty a column, but there’s no King ready to move into it. Is it worth it?
An empty column only helps when you have a King to put there. Emptying one early can waste moves.