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Building Your Own Bar
Bars have become the most popular remodeling project, according to designers who say that the trend is the latest reflection of today's more home-centered lifestyles. Besides providing a beverage center away from the kitchen, bars facilitate the transition between kitchen, dining room and family room in open floor plans. That means you can forget about that basement rec room with the neon signs - the latest bar designs are attractive enough to take center stage. If you plan to have a sink or dishwasher as part of your bar, you'll need to consider the location of existing plumbing lines (or prepare to pay a hefty premium to the plumber). But if the best place for your bar is nowhere near the plumbing, consider doing without a sink; you can always empty used glasses into a bus tray under the counter. Your choice of counter will do more to define the look and feel of your bar than any other component. The most economical bar top option is a laminate material, which offers durability and hundreds of color choices. Solid wood is more traditional, but it must be kept dry and requires care to prevent stains. (Byrnes seals wooden bar tops with five or six coats of urethane.) Stone surfaces like granite or slate make the most elegant bar tops, but they are expensive. Finally, metal bar tops (typically brass or zinc) evoke old-time saloons or Parisian cafés - but be prepared for lots of maintenance, because they need frequent polishing.

All About Poker
Gamble.co.uk provides many good information resources on pool. For beginners there are poker basics, such as how to play, hand rankings, a glosary of terms, game variations and basic strategy of 7 card stud. For more advanced players there is the Poker School, with information on probabilities, pre- and post-flop strategies, betting, the art of bluffing, and chip handling. There is information online poker, such as the best rooms, and poker equipment. One article discusses poker history. According to the article, the actual beginnings of poker are impossible to trace. We know for certain that a form of cheating poker, according to writer Jonathan Green, was played on Mississippi riverboats as early as 1834. This early version of poker, played with just 20 cards, was basically a form of Three Card Monte and was designed to separate players from their money as quickly as possible. Today, according to this site, poker is the most popular card game in the world, with poker tournaments taking place almost every night of the week somewhere in the world, according to this site. In addition to the fascinating history of poker, click on Poker Basics to be taken to articles covering such topics as How to Play the Game, some of the more common variations on the game, the ranking of hands, strategy for playing 7 card stud as well as a glossary of poker terms.

Antique Jukeboxes, Pinball Machines and More
From GameroomAntiques.com comes this web page detailing the history of jukeboxes. It discusses the earliest coin operated machines in the early 1900's, but notes that the jukebox as we know it was not perfected until the 1930's, when a selection mechanism was introduced, allowing people to choose the songs they wanted to hear. It discusses the early jukeboxes with an eye toward collectors, as indeed this entire site is geared towards collectors of antique games and arcade machines. There are links to all the antique collectables available on the site, including jukeboxes, slot machines, pinball machines, gum machines, arcade items and games, soda machines, vending, penny drops, stamp machines, and more.

Roulette History
Although foggy, the origins of roulette are explained and hypothesized about in this article. The website explains the accounts of ancient Romans tipping their chariots on their sides and spinning one of the wheels for games of amusement. The word roulette itself is French, meaning "little wheel." Several early versions of roulette appeared in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries. It is believed that the noted French scientist and mathematician, Blaise Pascal, invented the mechanism in 1657 while experimenting with perpetual motion devices. The origins of the roulette wheel are explained in detail.

 

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