| Poker is being played by many different mediums. | | | | diamonds, hearts, and spades (highest). (This ranking is |
| While some prefer playing on a real poker table at the | | | | also used in the game of bridge). |
| land casinos, others like playing poker online. Online | | | | The importance increases when playing flop games |
| poker can be played over the internet, on your cellular | | | | like Holdem or Omaha because your position remains |
| phone, and even as a TV Game. The possibilities are | | | | the same throughout all betting rounds. When you are |
| endless! | | | | sitting in early position you will be acting early in the |
| Most poker games do not rank suits; the ace of | | | | hand and, as such, will not have as much information |
| spades is just as good as the ace of clubs. However, | | | | as the players acting in later position. Occasionally, you |
| small issues (such as deciding who deals first) are | | | | will call with a hand when acting early only to see the |
| sometimes resolved by dealing one card to each | | | | pot raised and re-raised behind you. Consequently, you |
| player. If two players draw cards of the same rank, | | | | might be forced to fold a hand you already invested |
| one way to break the tie is to use an arbitrary | | | | money with. If you are acting late, you know what |
| hierarchy of suits. | | | | pot-odds you are getting on the hand and also have |
| No standard ranking of suits exists for all poker games. | | | | the advantage of acting late in upcoming betting |
| Even within a particular poker variant, the order of suits | | | | rounds. This means that you can play more hands |
| differs by location. Two common conventions are: | | | | when sitting in late position than in early position. When |
| · Alternating colors: diamonds (lowest), followed by | | | | deciding what hands to play, position is always a factor |
| clubs, hearts, and spades (highest). (This ranking is also | | | | that you have to consider. For example, when playing |
| used in the Chinese card game Big Two or Choi Dai | | | | Holdem you should play extremely tight under the gun |
| Di). | | | | (first to act pre-flop) and add hands as your position |
| · Alphabetical order: clubs (lowest), followed by | | | | improves. |