In a land based poker room, there are different poker section with different poker tables crowded with players and a dealer. Different type of poker tables for a land based poker room include table top versions, full poker tables, poker tables with folding legs and folding table tops. Table top versions is a kind of poker table that is placed on an existing table, poker tables with folding legs are the one that can be folded from the leg area, full poker tables are complete huge poker table structure found in many major poker rooms and folding table tops are usually a folded version of table top.

A poker table in an online poker room is a graphically version of real poker table, with same format, chip stacks and presentation. Online poker rooms generally offer different poker tables for different poker games. Supported with clickable buttons for players, opponents and dealers, online poker tables are lot different from normal poker table.

Many online casinos make use of rich software to support players with feature of multi-table games, where players can enjoy multiple poker games at different poker tables at the same time.