In a game of Spider Solitaire , the tableau is divided into 3 main areas: the Stock Pile, the Foundations, and the Piles (also known as Columns).
The cards are arranged into 10 piles. Starting from left to right, the first 4 piles contain 6 cards, while the others only have 5 each. All the cards are facing down, except for the upper one in each pile which is facing forward and visible to the player.
The Stock Pile contains all the cards that were not dealt into the piles. The Foundations start as empty spaces set aside to build the needed sequences to win the game. There are 8 Foundations and there are normally placed on the right side of the tableau, above the piles.
The tableau arrangement in a game of Spider Solitaire is always the same, regardless of the difficulty level you choose.