If you are looking for a way to add some pizzaz to your home poker games, consider a Texas Hold Em Folding Poker Table. Colorful and fun, they add a casino look and feel to your home tournament. After I bought my first poker table, even some friends that were really not that interested in poker, now wanted to play.

There are several types of folding poker tables you can pick from with the Texas Hold Em design, though you can really use them for any card game. I will cover the features you should look for and there are some links for you to see the most popular designs.

You can build your own if you are skilled with tools and following a plan, some are doing this now. You can pick up hardware and plywood at your local hardware store and get padding, vinyl, felt, and cup holders online. The advantage for the do-it-yourselfer is you can give it your own personal look, but the price tag will be a bit higher than you can get it pre-made. If you are not really a ‘handyman’, I would suggest against this. It is not easy.

The top benefits of folding poker tables against permanent tables are lower price because of reduced shipping, and the convenience to put them in storage when you don’t need them.

To make your decision only really boils down to the money you can spend, and the size of the room you want to place it in. Let us take the last first.

Space: If you have a game or recreation room or some other large area to play, then a full size table can seat up to 8 or 10 players. One casino table feature they have is under felt padding giving them a realistic look, chip splash sound, and feel. They usually also include padded armrests and cup holders for each player. The largest tables seat 10 players and are 84 inches long in an oval pattern, while 8 position tables are about 73″.

If room to setup a large table is a problem, an octagon poker table or a poker table top may be a better selection. Table tops are really just poker tables without legs, that still have many of the features. You unfold them and set them up on your existing kitchen or dining room table, eliminating the need to move furniture.

Cost: If you really do not want to spend much, or you are looking for a gift for a poker buff, you can get a poker table top for as low as 50 or 60 dollars including shipping. For the best and biggest tops, the cost is in the low 100 dollar range. 10 player folding poker tables start around the 250 to 300 dollar range, while 8 player tables can be delivered for under 200 dollars. This is much lower than the non-folding poker tables that can run into the thousands.

Using your own Hold’em table at your next game will create casino like excitement and greatly enhance your next home tournament.