Card lounge
How does a table actually fill?
A house dealer works every table, and bridge, poker among friends, euchre, five hundred, crib and whist each find their own corner of the room.
Layout
Where does each game sit?
A house dealer runs every table, which keeps the games moving evenly without anyone having to deal and play at once.
Bridge takes the window table most nights; poker among friends and euchre share the middle of the floor.
Crib and whist sit toward the back, quieter, with boards and pegs already laid out before the doors open.
The window table
Bridge claims it most nights, rain or shine
Nobody deals for themselves
A house dealer works every table, start to finish
Walking out
Chips go back in the tin by the door, not in a pocket
Table by table
Which table runs which game?
WindowBridge
A standing four, most nights of the week
Middle, leftPoker among friends
No buy-in, chips only
Middle, rightEuchre & five hundred
Whichever fills first on a given night
Back cornerCrib & whist
Quieter, boards supplied