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Best Bridge Playing Cards? (1 Viewer)

CUORE3 said:
Looks like you found this :)

For me the Fourniers are number one. I have the 2826 and the « Arabesque ». I still don't know if I prefer the safety red or the cherry red… @LeLe you have the arabesque too, don't you? I'm sometimes afraid to confuse the red and blue decks for my part
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Yup I do, I mixed and match the deck sometimes if they are too close in colour since I had so many deck

I have a habit of bringing a spare setup for game that I co-host
 
There were a few setups Jbutler got in an eBay deal once that were actually from the Borg. Came with the dealer boxes when they write the downs they were used for, branded for the Borg, the works. Pretty much perfect with durability, stiffness, feel, look, all of it.

I looked for a similar setup for a long long time and never sourced em. I can’t even remember the name of the mfg or the card model at this point but if this jogs someone’s memory let me know and I’ll take the hunt up again.
 
bergs said:
There were a few setups Jbutler got in an eBay deal once that were actually from the Borg. Came with the dealer boxes when they write the downs they were used for, branded for the Borg, the works. Pretty much perfect with durability, stiffness, feel, look, all of it.

I looked for a similar setup for a long long time and never sourced em. I can’t even remember the name of the mfg or the card model at this point but if this jogs someone’s memory let me know and I’ll take the hunt up again.
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Triton?
I think that might be it, but I’m not sure.
I remember the cards, though. They were good
 
surfik said:
I agree with above but to my experience if you hosting the best cards are those your players like...
Kind a annoying but you alway trying to accommodate your friends needs and likes.
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Yup, this is wisdom right here.
I collected all my favorite cards for a while. But once I started hosting again, I noticed the troubles that the poorer shufflers were having. Cards that seem fine to me (doing a proper face down dealers riffle) night slip all over the place with a more amateur shuffle. That's when I had to make the sad decision to sell my fourniers and my angels, among others.
 
I don't always use cards when I play poker, but when I do, they are always @desjgn

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Okay, okay - yes I always use cards.
 
Triton Card are manufacturered by Copag

The only issue I had with them is their ink will fade / bleed after few sessions

They are priced at 34.90 USD before shipping from Malaysia

Free shipping if you ordered >300 USD
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Trying to find a more flexible and less slippery alternative to the Fournier 2826 .

Some options mentioned here in this thread are for poker sized cards unfortunately.

Tried searching for those Cartamundi Cards (mentioned here https://www.pokerchipforum.com/resources/the-redneck-poker-card-database-2-0.76/ )but apparently most are poker sized aswell.
Seems to me that there's a lot of options for poker sized jumbo but not as much for bridge sized jumbos.

There is this Cartamundi Bravo (bridge /jumbo) that I can't find anywhere.


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Still searching...
 
Xzk1 said:
Trying to find a more flexible and less slippery alternative to the Fournier 2826 .

Some options mentioned here in this thread are for poker sized cards unfortunately.

Tried searching for those Cartamundi Cards (mentioned here https://www.pokerchipforum.com/resources/the-redneck-poker-card-database-2-0.76/ )but apparently most are poker sized aswell.
Seems to me that there's a lot of options for poker sized jumbo but not as much for bridge sized jumbos.

There is this Cartamundi Bravo (bridge /jumbo) that I can't find anywhere.


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Still searching...
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No bridge sized decks on cartamundi BE stock out there...
Bravo are on US stock, those are not even close to BE stock (imho)

For those rare occasions we use bridge sized cards, I use KEM, Piatnik, Fournier or Alpha's
 
Thomacetti said:
Show me they are made in Turnhout Joe...please

And...source (was that the Italian or Spanish shop) ?
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They're 100% the same stock as the Casino BE stock.

I got them from the Tavoloverde Italian shop, yes, but they only had red decks sadly. I can tell too they have been in storage for quite a while. Instead of feeling and sounding sharp out of the cellophane, they feel gummy. Still feel better than more than half of other plastic cards though.
 
JMC9389 said:
They're 100% the same stock as the Casino BE stock.

I got them from the Tavoloverde Italian shop, yes, but they only had red decks sadly. I can tell too they have been in storage for quite a while. Instead of feeling and sounding sharp out of the cellophane, they feel gummy. Still feel better than more than half of other plastic cards though.
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Yes, I can relate

I ordered 2 orange decks (last in stock) but they delivered red ones.
They were 100% cool on the refund but the decks I got were sun-faded (top card) and not crisp...so my kids got them.
 
Looking for orange and blue angel cards if anyone an source them
 
Want to add a shill of KEM here and also the advice that one way to prevent the classic KEM warping is to get a card weight to hold on top of the cards when not using them, which keeps them from curling. What I personally do is use a tight box, one that will put pressure on the cards when sealed.

Also I personally like COPAGs the least because they have a very strong PVC pipe smell that even other PVC cards do not have.
 
Since I'm on a quest to find some bridge jumbo cards more flexible /less slippery than the Fourniers 2826 , I have found these options:

http://www.rekoppoker.com/barajas-de-poker-kem/1176-kem-casino-narrow-jumbo.html
https://www.playingcardshop.eu/copag-1546-bridge-size-jumbo-index-playing-cards-black-and-gold.html
https://www.pokershop.nl/copag-100-plastic-double-deck-class-modern.html

Hopefully they are more flexible then the Fourniers 2826, I'm taking into account the poker card database (https://www.pokerchipforum.com/resources/the-redneck-poker-card-database-2-0.76/)

I might buy them soon enough , still searching...
 
Tastes are very different. My personal favorite bridge sized cards are:

- Desjgn Classic Culture (regular index, Modiano stock). Close to perfection in regards to look, feel and flexibility.
- NTP (jumbo index)
- Fournier 2826 (jumbo index)
- Piatnik (jumbo index)
- Desjgn Dal Negro stock (blackjack index). Super nice texture, very different from the Modiano stock.
>> these are my go-to cards when it comes to bridge size. I would buy all of them again in the future.

- ModiaNO Bike Trophy (jumbo index). Great cards but won't support that company any more.
- KEM regular index. I love KEMs but won't buy any more setups due to the known issues and high cost. I have a setup of arrows in gold/black and WSOP 2007 or 2008. Both warped after some time.
 
surfik said:
I agree with above but to my experience if you hosting the best cards are those your players like...
Kind a annoying but you alway trying to accommodate your friends needs and likes.
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Wise words "if you are hosting the best cards are those your players like".

Putting together a neighborhood game years back I researched and sampled Kem, Copag, Mondiano, and ended up liking Kem the best. After a few hands, the regular guys at the table wanted to know what kind of cock a mamie cards these slippery things were, and we switched to regular Bicycles for that night.
 

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