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The story of where the Solitaire game Canfield got its name is a good one. At the turn of the century, Mr. Canfield ran a gambling salon where he made a bet with his customers. By paying $50, the customer received a well-shuffled deck of cards to play an abbreviated form of the game that now bears Mr. Canfield’s name. For every card in the foundation piles at the moment when “time” was called (after three turns through the stock), the customer received a return of $5. The odds of winning the bet were heavily weighted in favor of the proprietor, but customers still flocked to take him up on the bet. The problem from the casino owner’s perspective was that the game required a casino employee to watch over every gambler who took up the bet, thereby reducing the profitability of the game.

The red 3 goes on the black 4, and the black 2 goes on the red 3. Another card from the reserve pile fills the gap in the tableau left by the black 2.

One variation that makes Canfield more difficult is to build up the foundation from the ace, meaning that you don’t give yourself a random foundation card to start with. To compensate, some players use a reserve pile of only 11 cards.