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  There is a lot of debate about what the most important aspect of poker is. Some will swear the pot odds are the key to the game. Others will tell the pot odds people where to stuff their numbers and say a good bluff is the basis of winning poker. Then there is that small population of folks who get excited at the feel of a mahogany table under their hands. They run their fingers sumptuously over the hard wood and stop paying attention to the cards in their hand. These are the same people who get banned from K-mart after being caught sniffing the shoes in ladies footwear department. Reasonable society would shun these folks and lock them away as the freaks they are before they can pollute the rest of western society, but instead we are going to cater to their fetish and write about three kinds
of poker tables.

  The proper poker table is round. Some think the origins of the round poker tables harkens back to the days of Camelot, when after a day of protecting the virtue of grateful women, and skewering anything not English with long steel blades, the knights sat down to a little seven card stud. This is complete bunk of course. These folks simply don’t trust each other and the round table allows the players to see, more easily, what each other are up to. These tables come in a wide variety that range from the functional, to the opulent. For those of you who are a little on the frugal side, folding poker tables are available for a little over three hundred dollars. Those who want everyone to know just how well they are doing financially can by one of the more expensive versions. These can range in price from $800 to $3000. These come hand engraved in a variety of exotic woods. I have yet to find a jewel encrusted table, but I am sure it is out there.

  A Texas Hold’Em table is built a little differently from a traditional card table. It is a big oval. Some would say this is to accommodate more players, more cynical people would agree that the greater distance between players allows somebody to get a good head start when bolting from the room is the only option left when it comes time to pay up. Like the poker tables, the Texas Hold’Em version comes in a variety that spans the range from a $350 economy model to a $5000 monster of oak and sumptuous upholstery.

  The third kind is for those of you on a budget, or for the player who feels life will last longer if they can just take their table and run. These are folding tables. They have no legs are meant to be folded out on to an existing table. They usually run about $100.

  Those who are interested in tables can find what you need by just doing a simple internet search. There are hundreds of retailers just waiting to sell to you. So go out and get yourself table today.

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