A Review of Some Popular Poker Table Cloths

When you go to put together you poker room for your home or restaurant, you don't want to neglect the poker cloth that you'll use for your table or tables. Poker cloth is one of those things that easily gets taken for granted. Hey, you know--it's just some felt or something, right? Well, believe it or not, the poker cloth you select makes a huge impression. Also, you want it to be quality material that will last a long time and can handle things like spilled beer!

When you've seen casino poker games on TV or in the movies, you may have well gotten the impression that every poker on earth has to have have a green baize cloth! Well, that's just not true, and these days people use different types of poker table cloth material other than mere felt, and they use material that comes in a wide array of different colors.

Time was that whatever went on top of a poker table was selected strictly by a person who had specialized knowledge about building poker tables. However, poker is a very, very well-known game and is seeing a resurgence inpopularity--especially Texas Holdem Poker, which is the "in" game in poker rooms these days.

In some places, the game is so popular that people have started hosting Friday night poker games in their homes as well as joining one of the many Texas Holdem poker gaming rooms to be found on the Internet. Whichever you choose to do, you definitely want to have a poker experience that gives pleasure to your eye as well as to your mind.

Well then, what design in poker table cloth should you select in order to make an attractive poker room? Simply put, the one that will go the best with your room's overall theme. And there is quite a selection available to you.

One of the favorites is the suited waterproof stalwart table felt cloth. This eye-catching design, which features a pattern made up of the four different card suites, comes in colors like blackberry; royal blue; midnight blue; polo; platinum; emerald; forest; burgandy; red; gold; bronze; purple; silver; chocolate; yellow; and lavender. You can't go wrong with this poker table cloth. You just need an eye for good color combinations so that your poker table cloth color doesn't clash with the prominent colors throughout the rest of the poker room's areas.

As a matter of fact, when it comes to poker table cloth, that standard green baize from the movies is out these days. "Speed cloth" like these choice colors of suited waterproof stalwart table felt cloth is the happening thing! Why is this poker table cloth known as "speed cloth"? You can probably imagine why.

Those cards just glide right across the surface, so that a poker amateur can deal the cards like a pro...and you don't have those annoying instances where the card catches part of the cloth and flips over to reveal itself to all.

Oh, yes, and this is also a great stain-and-liquid-resistant material! If you want to be the toast of the town when you host your in-home Friday or Saturday night games or when people come to your tavern and start up a game, select some "speed cloth" (typically 70% polyester and 30% olefin).

In addition, this type of poker table cloth is especially cut and designed to accommodate the size of a standard or octagonal poker table. Whether you order your speed cloth from a local poker supply merchant or from a website, you'll receive a swathe of material which is the number of chosen units (yards) long by fifty nine inches wide. You'll find it priced out by the linear yard.

But, if you want a classic look for your poker room, the poker table cloth you may want to go with is the casino grade single color. Whether you go with red, green, or blue (the classic casino colors), you'll be sure to give your poker room that professional look. People will feel as if they have jetted off to the Sunset Strip, the Atlantic City boardwalk, a South Dakota saloon, or exotic Monaco! Well, alright...maybe not. Nevertheless, you will have your poker tables dressed for success!

As we said earlier, the big game in poker these days is Texas Hold'em. If you're planning on making that "thee" game at your place, why not check out some Texas Hold'em poker table cloth? This comes with the special design markings on it exactly like what you see on all of those televised Texas Hold'em tournies. At 36 x 72 inches in dimensions, this cloth comes with authentic betting lines and is cut from thick, durable felt in vivid casino colors.

So, once again, don't take your poker table cloth choice for granted. Don't throw just any ol' cloth over your poker table. Would the Trump Plaza do that?

Learn more about Poker Chips and Poker Table Cloth from Brian Garvin & Jeff West at Poker Stars Direct.