A collage of poker-themed tattoos, including playing cards, poker chips, and a portrait of an older man wearing a cowboy hat.

If you’re considering some poker ink, you need tattoo inspiration for poker enthusiasts’ designs, ideas, and imagery to get your brainstorming session going. We’ve got the goods, below. One of the most popular types of poker tats is playing cards, for obvious reasons. This can be the ever-popular royal flush or another hand. If you win a tourney with a particular hand, that would also be a solid option. Or, you can pick one of your favorite starting Texas Hold’em hands and just put those two cards up. Famous hands of legendary pros would be a nice choice as well.

A detailed tattoo sleeve with a poker theme, featuring playing cards, poker chips, and dice on a person’s arm.

This guy went with a whole gambling-inspired sleeve, which came out quite sick. You can also take the cards in a different, more artistic direction – like this:

A black and gray tattoo of an Ace of Spades card with a skull design, surrounded by shading and texture.

Your version of a king or a jack on a playing card could be holding money, a weapon, or taking whatever form you want. Personalization makes your tattoo unique. There’s always the classic “ace up your sleeve” that Worm had in Rounders.

A simple forearm tattoo of an ace of spades playing card outlined in black ink.

Chips and money are worth considering. It’s not just about the cards at the end of the day.

A tattoo featuring aces, poker chips, dice, and money, executed in a detailed black and grey realism style.

Cards amidst a fire and water theme, for balance perhaps?

A poker-themed tattoo with an ace of spades, waves, and flames, covering a person’s forearm.

Throwback cartoon characters (or any character you like) could appear in your tattoo. Spike from Cowboy Bebop could work.

A playful tattoo of a cartoon dog with a mustache and sunglasses, holding playing cards and sitting at a poker table.

Famous poker players are another choice for those who love the history of the game. Ol’ Texas Dolly, Doyle Brunson, was represented pretty faithfully in this portrait tattoo:

A hyper-realistic black and grey tattoo of a man wearing a cowboy hat, inked across a person’s chest.

And here’s an autograph from Daniel Negreanu that became immortalized in skin ink:

A tattoo featuring the World Series of Poker logo, playing cards, and a signature on a forearm.

There are casinos and famous locations to think of when it comes to tattoo inspiration for poker enthusiasts’ design ideas – perhaps the Ignition Casino logo would work? There are iconic scenes from the World Series of Poker to consider, too. If you can’t win a WSOP bracelet, you could always tattoo one on, right? Sometimes you have to manifest what you want in life… Think about different styles as you go through your options. There’s classic tattoo art:

A black and gray tattoo of aces, poker chips, dice, and cash, covering a person’s forearm.

There’s also far more realistic pieces, although artists that can do work of this quality typically have a long wait list and book out a year ahead (it’s well worth the wait and expense for lifelong ink). Here’s one that incorporates the famous “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada” sign:

A tattoo featuring the "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign, dice, and casino elements in a bold black and grey style.

Hopefully this gets your creative ideas flowing. Bonus: if you want to check out gamer tats, head to Instagram and scroll pages like this that have collections for further inspiration. This Zelda stained glass window is solid, but definitely could use some color, right?