The selection of poker tables online has really skyrocketed in recent months. Just a little while ago the only type of poker tables were cheap table tops and bulky, expensive Texas Hold'em poker tables. Now you can find many different styles and sizes of poker tables that fit your liking. This article and all the others in this section will give you all the information you need to make an educated decision on buying poker tables.

You should be looking for poker tables that fit in your living space. If you have a small living space, maybe 84" poker tables are not what you should be looking for. In this case stick to folding poker table tops, specifically the Texas Holdem Poker Table Top. The playing area is large enough for a decent game, you can fit 8-10 players. Not the room you'll get from the full size poker tables available, but good enough.

If you have the room for a full size table, but still would like to be able to store it away after use, look for full size poker tables with folding legs. One problem however, with buying full size Texas Hold'em Poker Tables online is the shipping cost.

Shipping can be over $125.00 in most cases, and that's pretty discouraging for most buyers, when the table itself is about $225.00. We'll direct you to suppliers of poker tables we have found with the lowest cost shipping.

One important thing overlooked about poker tables is that most of them available don't allow you to change the felt. In order to change the felt, you need to remove the padded railing. 99% of the Texas Holdem poker tables available today have railings that are NOT removable. As careful as you are, if you play regularly, someone is going to trash the felt. Once that felt is ripped, the whole poker table has to go.

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As mentioned above, if you can't change the felt on a Texas Hold'em Table, it will have a very limited lifespan. Once the felt is gone, the table is firewood!

Pokerchiplounge.com has a Texas Holdem poker table that has a removable rail so you can change the felt whenever needed. It's a great idea who's time has come. Including shipping, as of this writing, this poker table is $285.00. I think this is the best value around for poker tables. Highly recommended.

Maybe you're a do it yourself type of person, and want to learn how to build a poker table. While there are many plans available for free on the internet for building poker tables, many of them are long and not very clear. In our section on how to building poker tables we talk about where you can get a killer DVD showing you how to do it for around $25.00, as well as a complete kit that supplies the railing and metal legs, where all you need is to have the wood cut for the table top.

Playing poker on a small table is not fun, you need a decent table. And as you can see, there are lot of ways to go about obtaining poker tables online. Whether it's folding table tops, full size Texas Hold'em poker tables or build it yourself guides, it's all out there, the choice is yours.