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Dug these plastics out of the closet yesterday after forgetting about them since the Moneymaker-boom, which I got with Pokerstars points. Never played with them so still in basically perfect condition (besides slight uniform yellowing, unless they came that way). Ran a search but only found one thread on here for Studking and it was a different deck/setup. Thought it was cool enough to share.

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I want to try out KEM's as I see so many conflicting views about it... But I just can't get over the price. On their website I see them for $32.50 for a set, and on amazon they go for $50 for a set.

This just seems like such a crazy price when things like Bicycle Prestige, Copag, and other similar medium-high quality cards can be picked up for $10-$20 for a set.
 
I want to try out KEM's as I see so many conflicting views about it... But I just can't get over the price. On their website I see them for $32.50 for a set, and on amazon they go for $50 for a set.

This just seems like such a crazy price when things like Bicycle Prestige, Copag, and other similar medium-high quality cards can be picked up for $10-$20 for a set.
Go DalNegro or Desjgn.....
 
One interesting deck of cards in my collection. Great Russian Standard made by Piatnik. They use classic Russian face cards and uses Russian indexes. They are paper and I use them for patience games (like solitaire)

(Sorry for photo quality - I am not good at it)

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One interesting deck of cards in my collection. Great Russian Standard made by Piatnik. They use classic Russian face cards and uses Russian indexes. They are paper and I use them for patience games (like solitaire)

(Sorry for photo quality - I am not good at it)

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I love some of these foreign decks styles and only wish some of them came in plastic.
 
Actually there was a plastic variation of this style of deck made by some beer company (Though they changed blue colours to green). Unfortunately they are really hard to get now

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Actually I managed to find out the company that made these plastic cards! I asked them if they can do another plastic cards with this style and they said that they can if at least 300 decks would be ordered (They use PVC plastic for it)
 
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I used copags years ago but recently wanted to try others. 8 kem (4 decks were free from my office). Only opened a red/blue pair. Want to see if they warp with usage. People complain about a smell from copags but these kem have a smell out of the wrapper.. doesnt bother me but im guessing reduces over time. I didnt like the cardboard boxes so bought some copag empty boxes from spinetti's. Also got 10 of the black matrix/interwoven Desjgn. In the upper left.. im putting those in the cardboard kem boxes. The two other desjgn boxes have other decks.. which i didnt like as much as matrix.

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Got some metal plate business card blanks to put on top. I store face up. Not sure if this is voodoo but whatever helps prevent warping.

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All boxed up. Will play with two extra matrix and the red/blue kems and see how they do over time.

Also playing with some bicycle prestige (only poker size I have) and an old copag deck that sat in a car for like 7 years (never warped.. seem fine).
 
Still digging out some of my old stuff, found most of my cards.

Piatnik Bridge Standard 4-Pip, Fournier Congress Bridge Jumbo

Bicycle Prestige Bridge Jumbo, Kem Circle Bridge Standard

Desjgn Bridge Jumbo, x2

Gemaco Silver Dollar Casino Bridge Jumbo, Modiano Cristallo Poker Jumbo 4-Pip

KEM Horseshoe Cleveland Bridge Super Jumbo, x3

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Angel, Cartamundi, Da Vinci, Guild, Bicycle, Ovalyon, Piatnik, NTP, Fournier, Zero, Modiano, KuoKao (Royals), Statesman, GYT, Nintendo, Faded Spade, Ace, Gemaco, Trefl, King, Kem, Dal Negro, Desjgn, Copag, Bullets


There is one final set-up that is missing and I can’t wait to get it into the picture one day!
 
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WSOP decks are cheap so I have a number of those. A few of the Copag decks go way back. Not pictured are the 4-5 Faded Spade packs I have (no duplicates there).
 

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Has anyone ever made a chart/list of card thicknesses?

I was searching around the site thinking I'd seen one a ways back, but came up short.

Secondary question: iIs the thickness of the cards the main determinant of how they shuffle/feel? Or does the composition of the plastic/acetate plus the surface texture play a bigger role?

(I ask because I saw some decks for sale on eBay which are .32mm thickness, but I'm not sure if that's pretty standard or not.)
 
Has anyone ever made a chart/list of card thicknesses?

I was searching around the site thinking I'd seen one a ways back, but came up short.

Secondary question: iIs the thickness of the cards the main determinant of how they shuffle/feel? Or does the composition of the plastic/acetate plus the surface texture play a bigger role?

(I ask because I saw some decks for sale on eBay which are .32mm thickness, but I'm not sure if that's pretty standard or not.)
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Finally I got myself a deck from Kings Casino by Masters.....
Pretty nice feel but they have a bit of Cartamundi Ace in there genome, like 75% of Dal Negro Grand Slams and 25% of Ace.
I am picky.
Big positive is design, I like face cards, pretty variation of anglosaxon with almost Piatnik attention to details.

Big con is as I was told they lose ink very fast.

PS. I call this King of Diamonds "Miyagi", guess why.
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Finally I got myself a deck from Kings Casino by Masters.....
Pretty nice feel but they have a bit of Cartamundi Ace in there genome, like 75% of Dal Negro Grand Slams and 25% of Ace.
I am picky.
Big positive is design, I like face cards, pretty variation of anglosaxon with almost Piatnik attention to details.

Big con is as I was told they lose ink very fast.

PS. I call this King of Diamonds "Miyagi", guess why.
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Cool! Looks like Fournier pips
 

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