NeverEnough
Rock Star
Silver Level
THis. Love mine.
R
rugby0
Visionary
Silver Level
Four color decks should be the standard for all poker games. Tell me if you agree.
Loonbat
Rock Star
Silver Level
I love playing with Bicycle cards ... they have always been my standard.
vinnie
Legend
Silver Level
I have direct experience with 3 different brands of plastic cards.
I have several decks of Fournier cards that I have been very pleased with. I received them as a promotional item. I love them. They remain my go-to deck for most games. Very durable. My only complaint, every deck I received has an identical back, so I can't use two of them at the same time to speed up dealing at a table. I usually use one of them and a deck of my Copags, if we play two decks. We often just play one deck though. Edit: This is of course a problem I have solely because of how I got the cards. If you buy them yourself, you'll be able to get decks with different color backs.
My Copags have been very good to me, as well. I actually bought them because I played a weekly private game (which ran 8-12 hours every Friday) that used Copags. The cards were abused every week. Players would bend them practically 90 degrees while looking at their hole cards, set their wet beer bottles on top of them, mess up shuffling and send them flying onto the concrete floor, and similar things. Each table had two decks, so each deck probably got an average of 5 hours a week played from it. Those decks only had to be replaced every 10-11 months, and that was just because the owner was particular and wanted to keep playing with new looking cards. He would sell the old decks (for $2 each) to help pay part of the new deck costs. And, those old decks were still just fine to play with for a very long time after. I was impressed with how durable the cards were and how they felt when playing.
I recently grabbed a couple decks of the new Bicycle plastic cards. I haven't had a chance to play with them, aside from a few hands with the kiddo. They seem pretty decent. I think they'll hold up over time, but you can never really tell.
I've heard good thinks about KEM, but I've never been able to play with them. I am tempted to buy a couple decks, but I honestly have more plastic decks than I can justify right now. I don't play live often enough to ever approach opening many of my backup decks. I guess that's a problem I shouldn't be too upset to have.
Edit: Oh, at one point, someone gave me a deck of the clear plastic playing cards (by Hoyle or Bicycle I think... not the new Bicycle Prestige series). They were pretty horrible. They didn't hold up at all when played with. They also looked horrible and the lack of color differentiation between the faces and the backs slowed down the game because it was hard to immediately spot cards that were flipped. I think we tried playing with them for 20-30 minutes before we scrapped them for a better deck. I would rather play with paper cards, and I hate playing with paper cards!
I have several decks of Fournier cards that I have been very pleased with. I received them as a promotional item. I love them. They remain my go-to deck for most games. Very durable. My only complaint, every deck I received has an identical back, so I can't use two of them at the same time to speed up dealing at a table. I usually use one of them and a deck of my Copags, if we play two decks. We often just play one deck though. Edit: This is of course a problem I have solely because of how I got the cards. If you buy them yourself, you'll be able to get decks with different color backs.
My Copags have been very good to me, as well. I actually bought them because I played a weekly private game (which ran 8-12 hours every Friday) that used Copags. The cards were abused every week. Players would bend them practically 90 degrees while looking at their hole cards, set their wet beer bottles on top of them, mess up shuffling and send them flying onto the concrete floor, and similar things. Each table had two decks, so each deck probably got an average of 5 hours a week played from it. Those decks only had to be replaced every 10-11 months, and that was just because the owner was particular and wanted to keep playing with new looking cards. He would sell the old decks (for $2 each) to help pay part of the new deck costs. And, those old decks were still just fine to play with for a very long time after. I was impressed with how durable the cards were and how they felt when playing.
I recently grabbed a couple decks of the new Bicycle plastic cards. I haven't had a chance to play with them, aside from a few hands with the kiddo. They seem pretty decent. I think they'll hold up over time, but you can never really tell.
I've heard good thinks about KEM, but I've never been able to play with them. I am tempted to buy a couple decks, but I honestly have more plastic decks than I can justify right now. I don't play live often enough to ever approach opening many of my backup decks. I guess that's a problem I shouldn't be too upset to have.
Edit: Oh, at one point, someone gave me a deck of the clear plastic playing cards (by Hoyle or Bicycle I think... not the new Bicycle Prestige series). They were pretty horrible. They didn't hold up at all when played with. They also looked horrible and the lack of color differentiation between the faces and the backs slowed down the game because it was hard to immediately spot cards that were flipped. I think we tried playing with them for 20-30 minutes before we scrapped them for a better deck. I would rather play with paper cards, and I hate playing with paper cards!
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RajDev1979
Visionary
Platinum Level
