At The Table

No stock photography and no staged smiles — a community club hall, a black cloth over the tables, and a room of people trying to read each other.

Three players at a Quoker table, one laughing with her head thrown back as another punches the air.
A hand goes somebody’s way. Not everybody’s.
Two players grinning across the table mid-hand, chips and cards in front of them.
The bit where you decide whether to believe them.
A player covers his face in disbelief, the winner's trophy on the table beside him.
Bad beat.
Seven Quoker players lined up at the end of the night, the winner holding the trophy.
One trophy. Seven people who wanted it.

Photographs by Ella Ireland

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Quoker nights are hosted live and in person, and no poker experience is needed — plenty of the people above had never played a hand before they sat down. See what’s coming up on the events page, or read what players say.