Can every game of Solitaire be solved?

Question

I play a lot of Solitaire games on my Android phone and love to keep an eye out for the statistics.

Given that the Solitaire version lets you restart the game endlessly, I usually play until I solve it. But I never managed to solve more than 80% of the games played (1000+).

So now I wonder, is every Solitaire game solvable?

Answer

No. Example: If all of your cards face up on the board are red, and the cards that come up every third card are also red, and none of them are aces. You lose. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

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