November 23, 2008
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Poker Card Ties
How cool would you look wearing a colorful tie decked out with poker cards?
November 23, 2008
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Poker Pendants
A poker theme pendant makes a great gift for your favorite poker player.
November 07, 2008
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Poker Cufflinks
A set of poker cufflinks will really set off any formal attire. The History of cufflinks goes back to the Middle Ages where its precursor, the ‘cuff string’, adorned the wrists of fashionable gentlemen of the day. One of the earliest references to what we now recognize as cufflinks was made in the London Gazette of 1684, which referred to a pair of cuff buttons set with diamonds; the same journal in 1686 also described a pair of gold enameled cuff buttons. More evidence of the existence of cufflinks in the Middle Ages was found in Suffolk, England, when a decorated gold single chain cufflink was discovered also dating back to the 17th century.
Despite its early appearance, the continual taste for adorning sleeve ends with elaborate wrist ruffles meant it was not until the mid-nineteenth century that the cufflink really came into its own as dandy-ish ruffles gave way to functionally minimal sleeves and in particular the arrival of the French Cuff (also called the Double Cuff), or as the French themselves called it poignet mousquetaire – the musketeers cuff, paving the way for the emergence proper of cufflinks.
Initially confined to the upper echelons of society, by the 1860’s cufflink grew into the mainstream as jewelers like Child & Child in London and Krementz & Co in New York brought out cufflinks that were within the price range of the wider public.
November 07, 2008
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Poker Chips
Poker chip colors typically found in home sets include red, white, blue, and sometimes green and black; however, more recently a wide assortment of colors have become readily available, particularly in lower-cost ABS plastic chips. Common additional colors are pink, purple, yellow, orange and grey. Newer designs in home chips include “tri-color” designs where a three-step molding process creates a chip with unique base, secondary and detail colors. As chip sets are tailored to the buyer, the values of various colors vary widely, with less traditional colors either used as very high values ($500, $1000, $5000, etc, common in tournaments) or as special “in-between” values such as $2 or $.50 (common in low-limit games).
Official Chip Colors Denomination Colors Used in Casinos
$1 White Unusual in Nevada; may be blue or gray or white.
$2.50 Pink Blue (MO); North Dakota prescribes pink for $2 chips[4]
$5 Red
$25 Green
$100 Black
$500 Purple
$1,000 Orange Oversized; usually yellow in Nevada
November 07, 2008
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Men's Poker Rings
Poker rings come in many different styles. Some are themed with a card such as the Ace of Spades or with several cards. Others are designed like a poker chip. They come in gold, silver and with or without diamonds.
No matter what your budget you’ll find something to fit you taste.
November 07, 2008
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Poker Tables
A poker is a table specifically designed for playing card games (poker) and is often covered with baize which is a type of felt, or speed cloth, a teflon-coated fabric that helps the cards slide easily across the surface. It is either an actual table or a fold-out tabletop surface. Those used in professional televised poker feature “pocketcams” which can view a player’s pocket, or hole cards. Such tables are usually fairly oval-shaped, with the players sitting around a curve of the table with a dealer facing them in an indented area of the table made specifically for the dealer. In amateur poker, tables are often round or octagonal, using a rotating dealer position. The edge of the table is usually padded and raised slightly for the players to rest their arms, and this section is called the “rail.” There is often a layer of wood between the rail and the playing surface; this is called the “race track” and often features cup holders as well. The center of the table often features an image, usually the name or logo of the casino or house where the game is being played.
