I recently built my own poker table. With some of the leftover materials, I took a small chopping board, glued some foam to it and stapled down some poker cloth. Now I have a small 'dealers pad' to practice on. This was a snap to make compared to building the table. And it's completely portable. I can whip it out on my desk when I'm bored.
Do you think the board would work well for doing chip tricks and such?