Play Poker

Play Poker, manufactured by Sterling Novelty Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, Ohio in 1932, is a pure mechanical (PM) pin table from pinball's earliest commercial era. Being a Pure Mechanical machine, Play Poker relies solely on mechanical components, without any electrical or flipper-based elements, which would not appear in pinball for years to come.

Gameplay on this early model would have centered on players rolling metal balls onto the playfield and scoring based on where the balls landed relative to various targets, typical of pin tables from this period. Specific details about its rules, playfield layout, and artwork are not documented.

Play Poker was one of several similarly-named pin tables released by Sterling Novelty in 1932, alongside "Play The Joker" and "Play Joker." Despite limited information about its specific design, it remains a piece of early pinball history worth noting for collectors researching Sterling's output during this period.