If two players draw cards of the same rank, one way to break the tie is to use an arbitrary hierarchy of suits. However, small issues (such as deciding who deals first) are sometimes resolved by dealing one card to each player. Most poker games do not rank suits the ace of clubs is just as good as the ace of spades. ♦ ♥ ♠ ♣ Low reds Some German card games like Skat use the following order: diamonds, hearts, spades and clubs. use the following order: spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts. ♠ ♣ ♦ ♥ High reds Some Russian card games like Preference, 1000 etc. This ranking is sometimes used in the Chinese card game Big Two. Similar to alphabetical ranking in that the two highest rankings are occupied by the same two suits (hearts and spades) in the same relative position to one another, but differing in the two lowest rankings, which while occupied by the same two suits (clubs and diamonds) have their relative position to one another swapped. ♦ ♣ ♥ ♠ Alternating colours Diamonds, followed by clubs, hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge.

♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ English alphabetical order clubs, followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades. When suit ranking is applied, the most common conventions from lowest to highest are: High card by suit and low card by suit refer to assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit. Assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit

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