Here is our first sheet of plywood - CD grade 17.5mm (3/4") thick pine plywood.  As you can see, the plywood has a lot of knots in it, so we are going to use this board for the base board and top rail.  These knots will not be visible on the finished table.  We will call this sheet - board B, B being for BAD sheet.

Here is our second sheet of plywood - Hoop pine grade 18mm (3/4") thick pine plywood.  As you can see this plywood is knot free.  We will use this board for the stained race track, playing surface and bottom rail.  We will call this sheet - board G, G being for GOOD sheet.

Now get a LONG ruler and measure 600mm from the end of the board and put a mark on the board.  Remember our board measures 2400mm X 1200mm, and 600mm is half of 1200mm (our width).

Now get your ruler and measure 600mm width wise across your board, starting at one end.

Put a mark where these two lines intercept.  Repeat this on the other end of the board.  This is where our yard stick base is going to be which will gives us our arcs.  Drill a small hole 1.5mm dia. and only 5mm deep (not all the way through the wood) as this is where our yard stick will be secured with a small wood screw. 

Repeat this step with the other plywood board.

We are now going to make up our yard stick measurer.  I used some spare balsa wood 9mm thick which I had spare in the shed.  Balsa wood works well as the marker pen you use will sit well in the balsa wood.  Drill a small hole at one end of the yard stick and put a small wood screw in the hole.  This screw is going to secure in the board where we drilled the hole earlier.  Now measure from this hole 13.5", 20", 22.5" and 600mm (24").  These measurements we got from the plan.  I will explain these measurements as we go through the building process.  Now drill a hole big enough for the marking pen to sit snuggly in at these measurements.

I chose not to use the screw and string method as some web sites recommend to measure their arcs with, as I found out in poker building forums that trying to get correct string tension on every draw is virtually impossible thus the arcs you get will be inaccurate.

Now get both of your boards, one at a time, as we will now mark the outer arcs which will give us our rounded look of the poker table.  Secure your yard stick at one end with the wood screw and place your marking pen at the 600mm (24") mark.  Now draw your arc.  Repeat this at the other end of the board and also on the other board.

Cut out the outer 600mm (24") arcs on both sheets of plywood with your jigsaw.  Use a 20tpi jigsaw blade as this will give you a smooth, fine cut with very little wood splintering.  Keep the outer wood from your good G board as we will use this later to test the stain colour.

Now get your good G sheet of plywood.  We are now going to mark out the bottom rail.  On my table I wanted a 1.5" bottom rail, so from the 600mm (24") mark, measure back 1.5" to give 22.5".  Secure your yardstick in place with the pen in the 22.5" hole and draw your arcs at both ends on the board.

Drill a 1/4" hole on the INSIDE of the arc line in order to place your jigsaw blade through.  Don't worry about the hole as it will be covered in the final product as long as you drill your holes on the inside of the lines.