A little while ago I decided to sit down and figure out the best way to play the game in order to win while at the same time not spending 5 years playing each game.
The first and only step to winning every game is to abuse undo like your life depends on it. It is a part of the game so don't be afraid to hold down ctrl-z until you are back at the start if you really want to maintain your win streak so you can randomly message your friends about how good you are at spider solitaire.
But, using too much undo is very detrimental to your score and you will be spending hours per game, so here are a few more tips I discerned.
Tip 1 - The game is about maintaining fluidity: When you are losing it feels like everything is locked up, so what you need to do is try to keep your junk piles of multiple suit cards to a minimum. Always keep your eyes open for ways to sort your junk piles and don't be afraid to just not put that eight of clubs on the nine of diamonds.
Tip 2 - Keep aces to a minimum and kings are secretly good: When I first started playing I didn't like kings because it felt like they were blocking me from getting to lower cards. In reality the higher the card, the better the odds of it being a good choice to move forwards with. This is because aces are the end of a card column and kill fluidity because you can't place anything on them.
Of course, in general you want cards that will allow you to move other cards since that will increase fluidity, so if you have no face cards showing you might want to wait a bit before turning up any kings.
Tip 3 - Know what cards are coming up by abusing undo: If you know what cards are coming then your brain will start forming a solution and you will know what cards you will need in the immediate term.
Good luck.
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