Bridge. Easier to handle; and to conceal hole cards. And they're what poker rooms use. I do have some Poker size cards I like a lot though (4pip Dal Negro Torcellos).
- People that don't have great eyesight like me prefer the bigger poker-size cards, especially jumbo index.
- If your poker table is wide & can fit 11 people, the players in the corner can see poker-size cards easier. I hate sitting in the corner seats of a casino table where it's easy to make a mistake with the hard-to-see bridge-size regular index cards.
- Most dealers including myself find it easier to shuffle the smaller bridge-size cards.
- If the table is crowded & players don't know how to conceal their cards, then bridge-size cards are harder to get peeked at.
- When I gave dealers a choice of poker/bridge size and jumbo/regular index, most of us chose poker/jumbo, but choose whichever the majority of your players prefer.
Poker size, regardless of pip size. I have large hands, and bridge just feel too small. Having said that, I did buy one set-up of Foxwoods KEMS (pre-USPC), and they are bridge size. None of the ladies in our group have issues with the poker sized cards, fwiw.
IMHO Modiano's bridge size JI are the best combination. The Jumbo index, even though they look large in the pic are actually slightly smaller than most JI cards. I think these are the perfect cards.
Bridge JI:
Bridge regular index:
Poker width JI:
In poker width they have defined a BlackJack index, which is equivalent to most other manufacturer's Jumbo index. Most Jumbo index cards make it too hard to peek at your hole cards:
They also have poker width/poker peeks which are a nice combination once you get used to using them, which Modiano calls Poker Index:
Through chiptalk we are getting these custom made by Modiano. If only they were JI then they would be the perfect cards:
Bah, four colour decks suck, moose. But Modiano make the best cards in the business. I have several set-ups, along with a couple Fourniers, Dal Negros, and some Copags to boot. Great post.
6 months ago I would have said poker size, hands down, but I have been slowly pulled in by bridge size. The have a certain "x-factor" (at least my USPC Kem circlebacks do).
Are those Copag Poker Peek cards good for home games? After I distributed the Copags I got from the WSOP Expo to four forumers, I've left behind a couple of my own Copag decks at rake-free games, so if I have time at Las Vegas, I may look for more decks.
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Because it's the casino standard.
- If your poker table is wide & can fit 11 people, the players in the corner can see poker-size cards easier. I hate sitting in the corner seats of a casino table where it's easy to make a mistake with the hard-to-see bridge-size regular index cards.
- Most dealers including myself find it easier to shuffle the smaller bridge-size cards.
- If the table is crowded & players don't know how to conceal their cards, then bridge-size cards are harder to get peeked at.
- When I gave dealers a choice of poker/bridge size and jumbo/regular index, most of us chose poker/jumbo, but choose whichever the majority of your players prefer.
Bridge JI:
Bridge regular index:
Poker width JI:
In poker width they have defined a BlackJack index, which is equivalent to most other manufacturer's Jumbo index. Most Jumbo index cards make it too hard to peek at your hole cards:
They also have poker width/poker peeks which are a nice combination once you get used to using them, which Modiano calls Poker Index:
Through chiptalk we are getting these custom made by Modiano. If only they were JI then they would be the perfect cards:
I learned a lot.
Yeah my circlebacks rock. I scored 4 setups from the CT group buy.
You can also see my COPAG Pokerpeeks, courtesy of Blondefish and the WSOP.
+1, although the ones I have are from Modiano and Fournier. My group likes 'em.