I should mention this is strictly for casual neighbor / drinking buddies play, with the return of the NHL and social lockdowns happening we miss our bar nights. Hard to explain but will look and function perfectly. I am modifying the design further to shrink the overall raceway to approx 4' exposed from the edge of the rail, just enough room for the cupholder and chip stacks, the playing surface will have designated notches at each players spot. Cards and bets in play were relegated to the playing surface. Plus I'll be routing the edges for nice smooth transitions when I wrap with the foam and vinyl.Īs for the back and forth on racetrack, I get it, lots (all?) are against them, I like the look, I've played them before and didnt mind the 1/4' drop off, plus the host utilized the racetrack as the 'personal area' no cards, just beers, phones, chips, etc. Click to expand.Thank you for the reply! I played around with some spacers and additional lumber plus the trusty tape measure and will be going with Option 2 doubling up the thickness of the top rail wood + riser, this should add rigidity overall.

Space needed for a poker table