Wow. I found a mint deck of copags in my card box, the other night, that I never realized I owned. Weird. I haven’t bought a deck of copags in over 5 years, after having a bad experience. But I’ve come to suspect those bad experience copags were counterfeits (sounds strange, I know). And of course I’ve played with copags in some cheaper card rooms over the years, but those cards are usually beat, and when you don’t get to shuffle, they’re hard to judge.
Anyway, I just opened them.
They’re fine cards. Maybe good cards. Not worth a premium price, but if you can find them for a decent price, maybe they’re not such a bad buy after all. They shuffle really well with that clumsy home shuffle we all learned when we were younger (and what most nob-dealers I know still use.) So that might explain some of their popularity - some plastic cards with different finishes are difficult to manage unless you do a proper poker dealers shuffle.
Another observation is that this deck is slightly bowed. This deck has been sitting in cellophane for years in my house, and who knows how long before I got them from some user here. But it’s worth mentioning m, because now I remember playing in a cardroom that used copags, and they always seemed bowed. One of the reasons I remember is that I used to have a habit of bending my hole cards against their bow, while I was waiting for my action, until one day a guy told me I was flashing my cards to him.
Anyway, overall impression is that they’re decent cards, unless bowing is a frequent issue - is it?
Anyway, I just opened them.
They’re fine cards. Maybe good cards. Not worth a premium price, but if you can find them for a decent price, maybe they’re not such a bad buy after all. They shuffle really well with that clumsy home shuffle we all learned when we were younger (and what most nob-dealers I know still use.) So that might explain some of their popularity - some plastic cards with different finishes are difficult to manage unless you do a proper poker dealers shuffle.
Another observation is that this deck is slightly bowed. This deck has been sitting in cellophane for years in my house, and who knows how long before I got them from some user here. But it’s worth mentioning m, because now I remember playing in a cardroom that used copags, and they always seemed bowed. One of the reasons I remember is that I used to have a habit of bending my hole cards against their bow, while I was waiting for my action, until one day a guy told me I was flashing my cards to him.
Anyway, overall impression is that they’re decent cards, unless bowing is a frequent issue - is it?
