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Standard Klondike Solitaire layouts hide 28 total cards

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When dealing out a standard game, you deliberately bury twenty-eight cards face-down in neat little columns. It is a meticulous ritual designed exclusively to ruin your chances of winning before you even make a single move.

Standard Klondike Solitaire layouts hide 28 total cards
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