Play Big Bertha Solitaire Online for Free (No Signup Required)

Take this two-deck King Albert spin-off, split 14 cards into a reserve, and hand Kings their own foundation for an easy 98% win rate.

This two-deck spin on King Albert Solitaire deals out 14 playable reserve cards and gives Kings their own private foundation pile. It's an easy game, a 98% chance of winning, played with two decks, where both skill and a bit of luck matter.

If you enjoy Big Bertha Solitaire, its King Albert cousin Queen Victoria Solitaire is worth a look, though it's played with a single deck.

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How to play Big Bertha Solitaire

Layout:

8 foundation piles: Built up in suit from Ace to Queen.

15 tableau piles: Alternate-color build down. Sequenced groups of cards move together by alternating color. Any card, or any legal group of cards, can fill an empty space. Each pile starts with 6 cards face-up.

King pile: Kings move to the King pile as soon as they become available.

14 reserve cards: One reserve pile holds the 14 cards left over after the tableau is dealt. Any of them can be played to the foundations or the tableau.

Foundation:

There are two kinds of foundation pile.

Main foundation:

Eight piles, two per suit. Any ace can move to an empty pile in the main foundation. A card joins a main foundation pile only if it's one rank higher than the pile's top card and the same suit, so the only card that can land on a 10 of spades is the jack of spades. Each pile runs from ace to queen and stops there, no further cards may be played.

Kings foundation:

A single pile that takes any King, regardless of suit, as soon as it's free to play.

Cards don't come back off any foundation once they've been placed there.

Reserve:

The 14 leftover cards form a single reserve pile.

Any reserve card can be played to the tableau or a foundation.

Tableau:

Fifteen tableau piles hold six cards each, all dealt face-up.

A card joins a tableau pile only if it's one rank lower than the pile's top card and the opposite color, so a four of hearts can take either black three.

Any uncovered tableau card is free to move to the foundation or another tableau pile.

Any card can fill an empty tableau slot.

A run of cards in alternating colors can move together as a group from one tableau pile to another.