Bridge vs. Poker Size (4 Viewers)

[Poker Zombie]

I thought this entire thread was the fact that casinos have moved/are moving to Bridge-sized cards for their poker games, and now you're contending that they're not?

Bridge sided plastic cards are only used for poker. Black Jack, baccarat, etc all use paper poker sized cards. The rule of thumb is that if a game is dealt from the hand the use is bridge….if it’s from a shoe poker or wide.

I’m not sure why casinos don’t use plastic wide cards though for black jack etc. I would think it would save them money in the long run not having to throw out so many decks but maybe they don’t work well in the card shoes

Doh! I meant to say "bridge size in poker rooms". One word really mucks up the meaning.

 

[Old State]

That's weird because I've seen Baccarat dealers using Bridge-sized cards in casinos.

Is this just a random thing determined by the casino, or is there some kind of industry standard out there?

I dont play that game but have watched it. Are you 100% you saw bridge cards? Paper bridge cards are very rare (I do have two decks I bought by accident though)

 

[Taghkanic]

You seem very angry about the fact casino use bridge cards. A little weird. You also seem to chime in on any thread to contradict posts I make

Casinos use bridge cards almost exclusively because that’s what dealers like. They could use any size they like but they chose this. There choice of card size isn’t about the player experience its about the dealers experience. Ask them. They are more comfortable to shuffle and deal for most hand sizes. Those advantages are relevant to home games because they usually pass the deal.

This shouldn’t be an emotional subject leading to discussions on whether casinos know how to run games.
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I'm hardly "angry" about it. You just seem unaccustomed to having unfounded and unjustified assumptions questioned... And seem to react by projecting "anger" onto anyone who doesn't automatically accept shallow or bogus arguments. Can't help you there.

 

[Taghkanic]

If I'm not mistaken, casinos use bridge size in their table games, poker size for poker rooms. If so, the storage/cheaper arguments are moot.

edit: Accidentally typed "poker" instead of "bridge"

Casinos don't all do the same things. One can generalize about what many or most do, but there are exceptions to all the assertions in this thread.

 

[Taghkanic]

Re.: The claim that poker dealers prefer shuffling bridge cards:

1) I don't know whether this is true. I host and play elsewhere in private games which use casino dealers, and the quality and size of cards used vary enormously. I have never heard any of them complain about card sizes, whether bridge or poker.

2) By contrast, I do notice some amateurs in self-dealt games have a harder time with bridge sized cards. Because they are less trained / practiced at shuffling, the lesser surface area of the smaller cards seems to make it harder for them to grip and toss the cards. However, this may be caused by less familiarity with that size than the actual size itself; hard to say for sure.

Point being that "smaller is easier to shuffle" is one of those overbroad claims which some accept as true but should require more examination and actual proof.