May Goals

[Bilgefisher]

Befolder, if you need any helpful info, feel free to ask. (websites, do's and don't etc.)

Just about done building my poker table. Oak racetrack, jumbo cup holders, padded rails, casino felt. Its gonna look nice when done.

[Befolder]

Thanks Bilge. I've been researching like crazy and have the plans saved when I have time to get started.

We've probably looked at the same sites like PC Potato and all the off shoots from there and homepokertourney.com, plus a zillion others just to get ideas.

Mine will be much like yours it sounds. Racetrack, jumbo holders, suited cloth and naturally padded rails.

The sad thing is I might have to downgrade to an 8 player Octagon plan since my living space my not be able to accomodate the longer holdem style.


What site is your main one just in case I haven't seen it. I'd rather be overloaded w/ info than under.

[Bilgefisher]

This one has some of the best detailed directions for building a table. Pictures, descriptions. the whole nine yards. I printed out all his directions (32 pages I think?) but it was worth it to have good quality instructions while building. I think he started the whole build your own table movement.
http://www.junell.cc/pokertable/

This is another site that has some helpful tips.
http://www.williamdowie.com/poker/wp/

Also when searching for the table legs. Do a search for "poker base" searching for "Poker legs" "Table legs" won't give you the results you want. I went with the expensive legs, but I figured I might as well. Having folding legs with and Oak rail would be tacky at best.


Ok. So my mistakes:
-Use a saw bit to cut out the cup holders. I tried using a jig and bent 2 blades and made a crappy original hole cut. The saw bit will make perfect holes. Unfortunately the biggest size is just a hair to small for the jumbo cup holders. Just get a wood file and sand em down. Don't use sandpaper it will take to long. Its only about 1/10 of an inch to small but way to much to soft sand it. That should also help to keep them snug but you can still remove em to wash em.

-When stretching the vinyl for the rails, be very very careful to check for imperfections when stapling it down. When little air or crease really shows up. Also if you haven't bought one yet, an electric staple gun is a must. Best $15 I spent. My hands were tired even using that. I can't imagine using a regular one.

If you have any other questions feel free to pm.

[Aaron W.]

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I'm going to reread the stox book so as to absorb it a little better. A note to everyone interested: the book is great, but DO NOT read it if you haven't logged a whole lot of hands (say, 100k) and feel like you're consistently giving good advice on the board. If you guys thought SSH was a tough book and was easy to misapply, you ain't seen nothin'. The stox book will turn an inexperienced player in to a spewing lagtard like whoa.

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This might suggest that the low-mid stakes games may suddenly get LAGtastically soft...

Oh, my goals:

1) Buy a second monitor and build my dedicated poker computer
2) Start datamining
3) Play a lot of poker while I have the free time
4) Read a bunch of books:
* Stox's book
* How to Solve it - Math education related
* Habits of the Mind - Christian scholarship
* On Food and Cooking - Food science

[Marquis]

My two cents on building your own table:
The racetrack and the cupholders are somewhat redundant. The only thing the track is really good for is putting a drink on. It's much more difficult to shuffle chips on the track than it is on the felt, so if you're a chip shuffler who's set on the track-design, make it more narrow than you might be otherwise inclined to. Also try to make the track and the felt flush so that it's easy to slide your chips from the track to the felt and back.

[Bilgefisher]

Marquis, Ive been thinking about the level of the track and felt a lot. Thats currently where my poker table progress is. I thought about putting a 1/4 inch piece of plywood under the race track to lift it to the level of the center piece with foam and felt.

I look at it this way. I'll finish it, if there are things I don't like, I can easily sell it for more then material cost and build a 2nd one.

sorry for the thread hijack btw.

[Befolder]

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My two cents on building your own table:
The racetrack and the cupholders are somewhat redundant. The only thing the track is really good for is putting a drink on. It's much more difficult to shuffle chips on the track than it is on the felt, so if you're a chip shuffler who's set on the track-design, make it more narrow than you might be otherwise inclined to. Also try to make the track and the felt flush so that it's easy to slide your chips from the track to the felt and back.

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Good mentions on the track and playing surface.

Personally, my poker crowd knows nearly zero chip tricks, so no ones shuffling. I'll probably still install the cup holders if not to prevent more spills than will happen.

I actually like the slightly elevated playing surface because it makes it easier to drag chips from the pot to the track. Plus, my folks are more cut and place bettors than sliders so in the pot won't be a problem. I could change my mind once it's done though.

[Marquis]

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I actually like the slightly elevated playing surface because it makes it easier to drag chips from the pot to the track. Plus, my folks are more cut and place bettors than sliders so in the pot won't be a problem. I could change my mind once it's done though.

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I like it for that reason too. It's just not ideal whenever you play that other kind of hold 'em.

[Zeldark]

-Finish semester strong
-Get a job
-Return to the tables online/live
-Move up SnG buy-in
-Return to MTTs

[AdamL]

Get all that blood out of the basement. Take down the Christmas tree lights. Fix the lawn mower.