Around the felt

Pick a game, we'll deal you in

Six tables, a house dealer at each, and a rotation of games that changes by the night — here's what's actually running on the felt at Jacaranda Yard.

What's on tonight

Six tables, six different games

Euchre owns a Wednesday, five hundred takes over by Friday, and Saturday tends to drift toward bridge once the room settles.

A house dealer runs every table without exception — shuffling, dealing and keeping score so the game never slows down for an argument.

Chips are bought at the counter for points only; nothing that happens on this felt ever turns back into cash.

Pairs most Wednesdays, cut-throat most other nights.

The Friday regular, and often a Thursday too.

No buy-in, Tuesday's quietest table.

At the tables

New to a game? Say so before the first card falls — a host will run through the rules right at the table.

No table here plays for cash; every chip is a point, and every point stays a point.

Four to six players suits most tables, depending on which game is running that night.

No poker machines, no pokies, nowhere in the building — just felt, cards and a dealer.