The poker gift basket
Do you run a home poker game? Even better, do you run a home poker tournament? If you, like thousands of others around the globe, are running a home event with all your poker playing pals, then you should give some consideration to putting together some nice prizes to play for. Even if your game is a cash game with regular buy ins and a tiered payout structure, having nice prizes to go along with the cash will give your home event a nice, professional feel that will take it to the next level. While just about any prize is going to make the winners feel good, taking the time to plan out and put together some choice, poker themed gifts will get good marks, especially if your home game is new with relatively new players. One popular choice is the “Poker Zen” gift basket.
A nice basket is a gift itself, and of course serves to hold the swag. If you can find an Asian themed gasket, more the better. Cover the bottom of the gift with polished river rocks, the kind you can pick up for a few bucks at an arts and crafts supply store. A nice tin of one hundred assorted poker chips is fairly cheap these days and makes a nice center piece. Add in “Zen and the Art of Poker”, which is a fantastic book on poker theory. A handful of fancy tea bags of various flavors and scents and a handful of incense sticks should just about complete the basket.
The idea is to have fun, take a little time to put together a gift that shows some thought behind it, and you will have an inexpensive showpiece prize for the eventual winner. Your friends will love it.