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Monte Carlo Solitaire Games

How to Play Monte Carlo Solitaire and Clear the Board

Ready to try your hand at Monte Carlo Solitaire? This solo card game uses a standard deck of 52 and turns matching pairs into a fun challenge. You start by dealing 25 cards face-up into a 5x5 grid, with the remaining 27 cards set aside as your stock pile. The goal is to clear the entire tableau by removing pairs of cards that share the same rank—like two 8s or two Queens—whenever they’re next to each other horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.

Here’s how it works: scan the grid and pluck out any matching pairs you spot, then toss them aside. Once you’ve grabbed all the pairs you can, slide the remaining cards left and up to fill the gaps, keeping their order intact, and deal new cards from the stock to bring the grid back to 25. Keep pairing and consolidating until the stock runs dry, aiming to empty the tableau completely. It’s a luck-heavy game with a dash of strategy—sometimes you might skip a pair to set up a better move later. Perfect for a quick, laid-back session, can you match your way to a clean slate?