I’m a great fan of Texas Hold’em and I particularly like to play at home with friends, family and acquaintances. If you’re thinking about setting up a home poker game then you’re going to want to have all your ducks in a row. So how do you get started? Well, it’s easier than you think because the first thing you’ve got to do is to decide where you’re going to be playing. Either you’re going to gather the poker-playing folks and let them camp out at your kitchen table and play poker games there, or you’re going to style it a little bit and try something else. I tend to go with the latter. So what you may be saying are your options – let’s examine these in a little more detail.

The 1, 2, 3 of finding a poker table or poker table top

The first thing you’ll want to do is to get your hands on a real poker table. Texas Hold’em simply isn’t the same without one. It’s frictionless and its design is such that you’ll have a whale of a time. But simply having a poker table isn’t where this story ends. Let’s get into the specifics such as what colour the felt on the table should be. Typical Hold’em tables range between green, purple and even red. I quite enjoy having cup holders in my poker tables and whenever I go to a home game, I’m always chuffed when these are in place. But the clincher for me is whether or not there are chip racks, or even a full-on dealer area. Now of course it all depends on what type of game you’re playing. You may be wondering where you’ll find such tables or even how much they’ll cost. The good news is that there are myriad options and you’ve only to run a query in your preferred search engine.

If you’re on a limited budget then you don’t need to buy the full table. You can actually make use of another option which is significantly cheaper – it’s called a poker table top and it’s all the rage. It’s what I’d call an add-on because it’s able to accommodate multiple players – and separates buying drugs online them too – in addition to keeping dibs on chips. But the biggest bonus of using it is that it’s affordable and ubiquitous at both online and bricks and mortar poker outlets.