Anyone Built a Hold'em Table?

Well in order to improve our private game my buddy & I decieded we needed a casino size/style table with dealer tray & rail. Prices out on the net were quite a bit more than my handyman self was willing to pay.

Anyone built one before??? Things I should be aware of???? Thoughts/commemts????

1 Leg Lance

I posted this about a month ago. We just made a top that fits perfectly on the top of a small couch (of all things) at the right height, but you can obviously make the dimensions whatsoever you choose.


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Using a piece of plywood that is the right size, get some foam to put cover it. You can use the eggshell foam that they sell for beds if that is all you can find. The get some felt. You can order it from a company that sells pool table supplies (or at a fabrics store). You stretch the felt over the foam and staple it to the plywood on the bottom side.


This can then be put ontop of a table or you can build legs at the height you want.


If you want to get fancy you can drill in drink holders, etc or even put a leather or wood border on the edge.


It's A LOT cheaper than a store bought table and you can easily make one that seats ten people. The foam makes dealing easier since you can get your fingers udner the cards and shuffle rapidly wihtout having to pick up the deck and flash cards.


Good luck,


Paul Talbot

There seems to be a standard way they have always been made in Texas. Take a 4 x 8 sheet of plywood and cut semicircles on both ends. Then take a saber saw and cut a 4 to 8 inch strip around the perimiter. This edge is usually padded with foam and covered with vinyl upholstery material. Then the center is padded with an old blanket and covered with felt. (I prefer covering them with bedsheets because the cards slide so much easier on them. The edge is then re-attached with mending brackets. The best and strongest legs are saw horses. They'll stand up when ten people are leaning on the table.


I've played on tables that don't have the edges padded, but are padded like Paul says: the whole table is covered with foam and the foam is covered with felt or other material. These are easier to build and work perfectly well. You can make one in a few minutes with a saw and a staple gun.

if your carpentry skills are anything like mine, you're better off getting on ebay. $299+$125 shipping if you go there and find oneeyedjacks tables....

rake the pot for a couple weeks and it'll be paid off.

Go to a food service supply house and get two standard table bases for

How thick should the plywood be?

Depends whether your players sip Shirley temples or slam down steins of lager.


Actually, there's a grain of seriousness in that; just figure how much you need to withstand whatever rigours you expect it to be subjected to.

I always thought they had to be 3/4 or 1 inch, but I measured one tonight that was 1/2", and it was fine.