The two main feature tables for the WSOP are not racetracks, but boat-shaped.
This is good. Would love to see this become more standard:
This is good. Would love to see this become more standard:
It almost looks like by flattening the dealer spot it make seats 1 and 9 even harder to see each others chipsHere’s a straight overhead. It does appear that the dealer side is flatter.
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For a self-dealt game, a symmetrical boat shape would be better.
I just don’t seat at the ends. The players sit on opposite sides, leaving the very end empty.I like my ellipse table from gorilla for everything but dealing from the ends. Good for 6 or 8 handed though
Flat ends like WSOP has might make it perfect
It almost looks like by flattening the dealer spot it make seats 1 and 9 even harder to see each others chips
This is a great image, hard to 'read' by nature but awesome and helpful.Above is a diagram showing four of the shapes discussed so far...
from that photo it looks like only the 6th seat is cramped?From the overhead view it seems like seats 3, 4, 5, 6, & 7 are extremely cramped,
Good comparison. I like the idea of the super ellipse, but the only drawback I see is the center of the table is very wide. I have an ellipse and it seems to balance all the pros/cons from my perspective. But depending on depth I might be swayed by the super-ellipse or boat shape for a home game.View attachment 812229
Above is a diagram showing four of the shapes discussed so far... This chart is somewhat subjective since each shape can be drawn with different variables. But generally I would say the ellipse, super-ellipse and boat-shaped tables can be shorter than a racetrack table, without sacrificing elbow space.
Do you have some plans or measurements of the table you built?This is why I built a super-ellipse table. Has many of the same advantages. Fatter than a standard ellipse, but the flattish rounded ends give a bit more seating flexibility.
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