Prepare the columns before the next row lands.
Easthaven begins with three cards in each of seven tableau columns. The top card is face-up and two below it are hidden. Unlike ordinary Klondike, the stock adds cards directly to the columns. That changes when a reveal, foundation move, or empty column is most useful.
Last updated: September 2026
Know which columns the stock will cover
The stock contains 31 cards. Each of the first four deals adds one face-up card to each of the seven columns. The final deal adds the remaining three cards to columns one through three only. There is no waste pile or redeal. You can draw while other moves are available, but the new cards will cover current tableau tops.
Before a full row deal, inspect all seven top cards. If one can move to a foundation or another column and expose a hidden card, compare that opportunity with the new information the deal could provide. Before the final three-card deal, columns four through seven will remain uncovered, so they can provide destinations for the arriving cards.
Use empty columns for access
This site’s Easthaven accepts any card or legal alternating-color run into an empty column. It does not require a King. A free column can temporarily hold a card that blocks a hidden card or provide a landing place for the top card of a new stock row. A later stock deal also places a card on an empty column, so compare the value of using the space now with keeping it free until after the deal.
Suppose column one ends with a hidden card beneath a face-up 8 of diamonds, and column two ends with 9 of clubs. Moving the 8 onto the 9 is legal and exposes the hidden card. If column three is empty, the 8 could move there instead, also exposing the hidden card while leaving the 9 available as a landing place for a different red 8. Compare those follow-up options; neither landing is automatically best. A new stock row will cover the chosen destination, including the empty column if it remains empty.
Build runs between deals
Tableau cards build downward by alternating color. A properly ordered face-up run can move together, and a newly uncovered face-down card flips over. Use a run move when it releases a needed card or keeps a useful destination open. Moving cards to foundations may also clear a column top, but a middle-rank card can still be needed as a tableau base.
Klondike’s family guideexplains hidden-card and foundation choices. Easthaven’s extra question is which columns you want to expose before the next row covers them.