5 FreeCell Tricks That Separate Beginners From Experts

Experts Prioritise Columns Over Cells

Both empty cells and empty columns increase your moving power, but not equally. Every empty column doubles the size of the sequence you can move, while each empty cell only adds one. That means an expert will sacrifice two cells to keep a column open, while a beginner fills the column to save a cell. The maths is unforgiving: a board with two empty columns and zero empty cells is more powerful than a board with four empty cells and no columns.