One step up from the table top is an actual table that folds up. If they can recover any of the money they lost playing poker by selling any of these poker-related items, they think of it as a godsend. Poker is one of those hobbies that attract people's interest for a brief period of time, and when that interest fades, they still have tables, chip sets, cards, and the like. You can even get them more cheaply by checking out used ones on eBay or Craigslist. You can buy something as cheap as a folding table top that will fit on top of any existing table - they come new for as little as $40-$70.