TriPeaks Strategy: Chain Combos & Maximizing Streaks

Before removing any card, scan the entire bottom row and count your current options. Identify sequences of cards where one removal enables another. For example: if the waste top is a 7, and there's an 8 in the bottom row covering a 9, and another 10 is exposed next to it — that's a potential 3-card chain (8→9→10 or in reverse). Seeing these chains before you start is the single most valuable habit in TriPeaks.

Upper peak cards are face-down until the cards below them are removed. Prioritize removing cards that uncover higher-row cards — especially if those upper-row cards connect to your current waste rank. A single well-chosen removal that flips a face-down card and extends your chain is worth more than grabbing two easy adjacent removes that don't help your chain.

Breaking a chain by drawing from the stock feels wrong, but it's sometimes correct. If the current waste top is a 6 and you have strong chains available from a 2 or a Jack, drawing stock cards to shift the waste top may be worth the streak reset. Count how many stock cards you have remaining before making this calculation — if you're low on stock, preserve every card.

The Ace-King wrap (A can connect to K and 2; K can connect to Q and A) is easy to forget but creates chain opportunities that appear closed. If your waste top is an Ace and you have a King in the bottom row, you can take it. Always check for these wrap connections when a chain appears to dead-end.

Not all peaks are equal. The peak with the most face-down cards is the highest-risk one — if it stays locked late in the game, you may run out of stock before clearing it. Direct early chains toward uncovering the most-blocked peak. Once its bottom row is cleared, the cards above become accessible and you'll have more room to build chains across all three peaks.