Play Double Gold Rush Solitaire Online for Free (No Signup Required)

Watch the stock deal shrink from three cards to two to one, across ten tableaus and eight foundations doubled from the original, for a 90% win rate.

Gold Rush Solitaire deals fewer stock cards with each pass, three cards on the first go, two on the second, one on the third and final pass. Double Gold Rush Solitaire keeps that shrinking-deal twist but plays it out with two decks: ten tableau columns instead of seven, and eight foundations instead of four. The game is simple, with a 90% chance of winning, and skill counts for more than luck here.

If you enjoy Double Gold Rush, the single-deck Gold Rush Solitaire plays the same way on a smaller board, or try classic Solitaire for the standard Klondike deal.

If you run into anything odd or have an idea that would make the game better, please contact me.

Enjoy the game!

How to play Double Gold Rush Solitaire

Layout:

8 foundation piles: Build up from Ace to King in the same suit.

10 tableau piles: Alternating-color construction: sequences move down by alternating color. Fill empty piles with a King, or a run of cards led by a King. The deal is a standard fan, one card to the first pile, two to the second, and so on, with the top card of each pile face-up.

Stock: Click to deal three cards to the waste pile on the first pass, two cards at a time on the second pass, and one card at a time on the third and final pass. There are two redeals.

Waste: Top card available for play on the foundations or tableau.

Foundation:

There are eight foundation piles.

Any ace in the foundation may be transferred to any vacant pile.

A card can be added to a foundation pile only if it's one rank higher and the same suit as the pile's current top card, so the only card that fits on a 4 of clubs is a 5 of clubs. Each pile holds at most 13 cards.

The top card of a foundation can be moved back into play if another pile will accept it.

Tableau:

Ten tableau piles, dealt one card to the first pile, two to the second, three to the third, and so on. The top card of each pile is face-up; the rest are face-down.

A card can be added to a tableau pile only if it's one rank lower and the opposite color of the pile's current top card, so the only cards that fit on a 10 of diamonds are the 9 of spades and 9 of clubs.

Cards on the tableau that aren't covered by another card are free to move to the foundation or any other tableau pile.

Only Kings may fill an empty tableau pile.

Sequences of alternating red and black cards can move together from one tableau pile to another.

Stock and waste:

There is one waste pile, and the remaining cards form the stock.

Clicking the stock deals three cards to the waste. You get two redeals, for three runs through the stock in total; each run deals one fewer card at a time, so the second deals two cards at once and the third deals one. If fewer cards remain than a full deal calls for, whatever is left is dealt. Once you finish a run through the stock, the waste flips back over to become fresh stock for the next pass.

The top card of the waste can be played to the tableau or foundation.