# Maverick's Solitaire — Solitaire based on poker hands

> Solitaire based on poker hands (iPhone/iPad app by Larry Bulen.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mavericks-solitaire/id1513061865 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Larry Bulen](https://appshunter.io/developer/1513061864)
- Category: Games, Entertainment, Card, Strategy
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 9 MB
- Languages: American English, Canadian French, European Spanish
- Released: 2020-05-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-22
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mavericks-solitaire/id1513061865/reviews.md

## What is Maverick's Solitaire?

Maverick's Solitaire is a unique solitaire game based on poker hands, inspired by an episode of the 'Maverick' TV show. The game also appeared in an episode of 'Alias Smith and Jones'.

What are the odds of arranging 25 random cards into 5 named poker hands? Better than 80% — but that last hand will make you sweat.

Here's how it works:
• The deck is shuffled
• The first 25 cards are dealt into 5 hands
• Rearrange the cards until every hand is a named hand:
• Royal Flush
• Straight Flush
• Four of a Kind
• Full House
• Flush
• Straight
• Three of a Kind
• Two Pair
• Pair

High Card doesn't count as a named hand — if it did, you'd win every time, and where's the fun in that?

== HOW TO PLAY ==
• Tap two cards to swap them, or
• Drag a card onto another card to swap them

== FEATURES ==
• Practice mode — play untimed with unlimited moves
• Timed mode — race against the clock
• Limited Moves mode — win within a set number of swaps
• Play in portrait or landscape — on iPhone and iPad
• Available in English, Spanish, and French
• Customize the table color, card font, and card placeholders
• Every deal is winnable-but-not-won: no game starts already finished
• No ads. No purchases. No accounts.

Please see our Privacy Policy at https://www.curiousbeagle.com/apps/ios/mavericksolitaire/privacy-policy.html

== QUESTIONS ==
Please visit: https://www.curiousbeagle.com/contact/


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.1 — 2026-08-21

• Play in portrait or landscape — rotate anytime, even mid-game
• Now available in Spanish and French
• Fairer deals: a new game never starts already won
• Timed games now always start with your full time limit
• Refreshed layouts and stability improvements

### 2.0 — 2026-08-19

• Rotate freely — full portrait and landscape support
• Now in Spanish and French
• Fairer deals: a new game never starts already won
• Refreshed layouts on every screen
• Faster and smoother under the hood

### 1.23 — 2025-08-05

Minor bug fix

### 1.22 — 2025-08-04

Refactored for Swift 6; Added more UnitTests

### 1.21 — 2025-07-28

Bumped to support iOS 18

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