Tips for Buying and Keeping Poker Tables

Starting a poker room for family and friends, or actually putting up a new casino? Here are some tips on buying the right poker tables one needs.

There are portable poker tables available at reasonable prices. Folding poker tables are easy to assemble and store away after use. It is the best option for space saving consideration and if the poker venue contemplated is not a permanent one. Folding poker tables are best for temporarily converting halls or rooms into a poker room for the night, or each night. Folding poker tables are also best for out-of-town trips if poker is intended to be played in vacation cottages.

For permanent poker tables with replaceable tops, go for racetrack poker tables. Racetrack poker tables are commonly used for private gaming rooms and blend well with a stylishly designed room at home or in the office. The top materials of racetrack poker tables---cloth or felt---are easily replaceable.

For poker tables that can also function as dining tables, opt for octagonal poker tables. These are heavy poker tables made of oak or birch hard wood, polished and given a classy touch. But a word of caution, though; they easily get scratched or marred, in which case the top material or surface cannot be replaced. Poker cards are also harder to handle on wood octagonal poker tables than on poker tables with felt tops.

Generally, felt-topped poker tables are more convenient for poker games, the poker cards being more easily handled on felt tops than on racetracks or octagonal poker tables. It is advisable that the felt top of a poker table be of a firm type, like a speed felt. Velveteen felt-top poker tables are also commonly used and preferred, especially in popular casinos. But also worth checking is the wool felt-top poker table.

Poker tables must consider the moneybox factor---moneyboxes ought to be close to the dealer slot. Then there's also the cup holder factor. Some casino owners feel that providing for cup holders on poker tables creates more incidences of spilled drinks on the felt-top poker tables. Thus, it's best sometimes to disallow drinks on the poker table. Thus, most casinos adapt the famous 3Cs rule for poker tables: strictly only chips, cards, and cash on the poker tables. Absolutely no food or drinks.

Poker tables need careful planning considerations before and after buying. The key is to make sure that poker tables kept are easy to maintain and be fixed.