Use tableau gaps to work through a long reserve.
Twenty-one reserve cards dominate this deal. You can move the exposed card to a foundation or tableau, and an emptied tableau pile pulls the next reserve card automatically.
Last updated: September 2026
Redheads belongs to the wider reserve-building group. Its 21-card reserve and automatic gap refill differ from Canfield, so use the rules here when choosing a move.
See what a gap will reveal
Only the last reserve card is available. When a tableau pile empties, that card moves into the gap. The following reserve card becomes exposed. An easy tableau-to-foundation move can therefore be valuable even when it advances only one card: it may reveal a useful reserve card at the same time.
Before emptying a column, inspect the current reserve top. If it is immediately useful on a foundation, play it first. Otherwise the automatic fill places it on the tableau, where it may become easier or harder to free.
Build the foundations without trapping color
One foundation starts with the dealt base card; each empty foundation needs that same rank. Once started, foundations rise in alternating colors and wrap from King to Ace. A card can fit several foundation piles. Look at the color and rank of the reserve top before choosing a destination.
Tableau piles descend in alternating colors and also wrap. Moving only one top card at a time means a sequence built in a column cannot be carried away as a group. Use a tableau move when it exposes a card that will soon fit a foundation or frees a column for another reserve fill.
After the reserve empties
When all reserve cards are gone, empty tableau piles stay open and can accept any available card. That makes them useful temporary spaces for rearranging exposed cards. Try to preserve one empty pile while working through the remaining stock and waste.
The stock has one pass. Each new card covers the former waste top, so check whether that top card can help a foundation or tableau before drawing again. A late open column is especially useful for rescuing a waste card that would otherwise become buried.