Building a Poker Table

Unless you’re willing to spend several thousand dollars on an authentic poker table, we strongly recommend the do it yourself route as most all of the Texas Holdem poker tables you’ll find on the web in the $500 to $1000 price range are pretty poor quality. The reality is you can build a poker table of much higher quality and durability for $200 to $300. Furthermore, due to the high weight and thus shipping costs involved when purchasing poker tables, you’ll usually end up spending $200 to $300 just to crate and ship the table.

On a do-it-yourself poker table project, the single most important (yet often marginalized) quality element will be the quality of your poker table felt. After spending a day or more constructing a really solid table, novice poker table builders often make the mistake of topping the whole project off with standard wool felt, billiard cloth, velveteen, or some other material that happens to be available at the local fabric store because they simply don’t know what the casinos actually use. In addition to creating a completely different look for your table, these substituted felts run the gamut on playability, and more often than not restrict the ability to slide cards effectively during the deal.

If you are building a poker table from scratch, do yourself a favor and don’t skimp on the poker table felt. If you already have a poker table, consider ripping off the old felt and replacing it with the same poker table felt used at casinos. You’ll be amazed at the difference in playability.

• 100% Authentic Las Vegas Poker Table Felt - This is the exact same felt that is used in the most prestigous poker rooms in Las Vegas and the world, including the highly regarded Belagio poker room.
  
  
• Luxiorous material - This beautiful emerald green synthetic felt has an unmistakable touch and feel remniscient of the world's finest silks and suedes.
  
  
• Allows cards to slide just right - This specially formulated synthetic felt is designed precisely for card play so you don't have to worry about cards flying off the table, or worse not being able to slide them at all.
  
  
• Durable - Durability is a huge issue in casinos, which is why they rely on this special felt. In even the most frequent home games, this felt will last many years, if not decades.
  
  
• Professional look and feel - Your guests will recognize the look and feel of this felt from the very first game.