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| 15 Oct 2006 3:44 AM |
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Most of us playing at home use the standard two-color decks, but som online poker rooms offer you a four-color deck to choose from, apart of the tradition red and black.
Do you believe that this trend become popular in our poker parties?
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Bryan
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| 22 Oct 2006 4:10 PM |
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I'd stay away from it. You can use your average bicycle cards, but those'll get bent up out of shape easily. If you play often, invest in a deck from Copegs, or Kems. I have 4 sets of Kems, and 4 sets of Copegs. They are 100% plastic cards and will run you about $20.00 - $30.00 per set of 2. However, they slide well on felt, look great, and whenever they get dirty, you can just wash them with water and dry them with a towel. They won't get torn or bent up easily because they are 100% plastic.
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| 22 Oct 2006 11:42 PM |
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That's great to know! I've been using 2-for-$1 decks from Dollar Tree... I figure at that price even if I have to replace them a few times, I'm not spending too much  |
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| 23 Oct 2006 4:18 AM |
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Plastic!, that definitely is a no-no on a poker table.
Is just like those portable dominoes printed in paper  |
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Bryan
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| 26 Oct 2006 5:17 AM |
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Well, you'd be suprised. Plastic should be the standard for poker cards. Especially if you have the felt to go along with it. I can take some pictures if you'd like...
Anyways, the 2-$1 packs are OK if you don't play regularly like I said, but if you play on a daily to weekly basis, you should probably invest into one of the aforementioned sets. It'll be a better investment in the long run, and just looks much better. The dollar tree decks will end up getting wrecked by the end of the night.
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penguinmama
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| 26 Oct 2006 7:04 AM |
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It's true they don't last long. However, we purchased some cards at Wal*Mart (Bicycle brand) and they have lasted over a year already... and they were no more than $5 for two decks. Not bad!
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| 11 Dec 2006 6:28 PM |
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I use the four color deck when I play online. I also have a Copag four color deck that I can't really convince anyone to use IRL. It really is a shame too because the colors they use to print the cards are down right beautiful.
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| 11 Dec 2006 9:20 PM |
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I love Copag cards but I sort of hoard them and end up usually using Bicycle cards instead. Especially because they're cheap and easily replaced. |
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| 20 Aug 2007 8:31 PM |
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i don´t think four color decks will get really popular. look: we got cards for more than one century and why should we start with this now? i think it is just something for beginners or people who are not sure about colors. sry but i hate 4color decks. bye |
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Luis from PokerChipsGalaxy.com
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| 10 Dec 2007 1:45 AM |
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It would be tough for people to switch to a four color deck. Everybody is used to the red and black, but I think it would be a wise decision to change it to four color for the purpose of it being easier to identify between the suits. How many times have you seen players ask "is that a spade or a club". People with poor vision often have trouble with those two suits maybe the color would help. |
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| 22 Dec 2007 6:35 PM |
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we normally used to use bicycle cards at our home games, but when we used copag for the 1st time, its a whole different world...
it slides nice on our poker table, and from when it doesnt bend and you can wash it.......copag for the win!! lol
and as for 4 colour playing cards, forget that we should stay retro with the red and black.... |
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| 14 Mar 2008 4:58 AM |
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I think some might like the four color deck so they can determine the suits better if they have trouble seeing. I like things the way I'm used to with the standard red and black deck. |
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| 15 Mar 2008 9:05 AM |
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prefer to use the four colour deck online as it helps if i have more than one game on the go. |
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| 21 Nov 2011 11:09 PM |
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Posted By Bryan on 22 Oct 2006 11:10 AM
I'd stay away from it. You can use your average bicycle cards, but those'll get bent up out of shape easily. If you play often, invest in a deck from Copegs, or Kems. I have 4 sets of Kems, and 4 sets of Copegs. They are 100% plastic cards and will run you about $20.00 - $30.00 per set of 2. However, they slide well on felt, look great, and whenever they get dirty, you can just wash them with water and dry them with a towel. They won't get torn or bent up easily because they are 100% plastic.
Cleaning cards is a pain in the ass!
Plastic cards do get bent and damaged.
I just started a new thread about this: http://www.pokerdiy.com/poker-forum...78794.aspx
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