Silver Wattles
The card parlour

Six Tables in the Old Scale Room

Felt, chips and a house dealer most evenings — here’s what to expect at the tables.

On the felt

Five Hundred Leads Most Nights

A dealer’s hands fanning a fresh deck across the felt at a Silver Wattles card table

Five hundred fills three of the six tables on a typical evening, with the house dealer moving between them until each table settles into its own rhythm.

Crib and rummy run on the two smaller tables near the window, usually starting earlier and finishing earlier than the five hundred tables in the middle of the room.

Canasta gets a table most Fridays, and a friendly poker table with no buy-in usually starts once the dinner crowd has thinned out, somewhere around nine.

Five Hundred

Three tables, most nights of the week

Crib and Rummy

Two smaller tables near the window

Canasta

Most Fridays, once the room warms up

House rules on the felt

How a Table Gets Started

The quieter back lounge at Silver Wattles, armchairs gathered near the old loading-dock doorway

Anyone can ask the house dealer for a seat, and most tables will make room for one more if there’s space on the bench.

Chips are handed out at the door with your numbered ticket and count for points only; there’s no wagering and no cash prize at any table in the room.

New players are welcome — the house dealer will talk you through five hundred or euchre before the hand starts, no charge and no obligation to keep playing.

Joining a table

Ask the house dealer, most tables have room

Chips

Points only, handed out with your ticket

New to cards

The house dealer will teach you, free of charge