Klondike is best played when dealing from the deck just one card at a time and going through the deck only once. I consider this the proper method of play and it will come out about 1 in 50 attempts. The first mention of playing cards came in the late 1300's which means that playing cards in general are over 600 years old. A real bargain considering all you can do with a deck of cards and the knowledge of a few games. The first recorded Solitaire games are a little more than 200 years old even though playing cards in general are much older.
Some games are easy and comes out almost every time.
Westcliff is one such game. Others offer near even chances such as Beleaguered Castle. Others are nearly impossible such as Auld Lang Syne or Tam O'Shanter. There are sometimes more than one name for a given game and sometimes a single name describes more than one game. There are nasty critter games such as Spider and Scorpion.