Poker Card:Poker Size or Bridge Size ? (1 Viewer)

[LeLe]

Do you prefer Poker Size or Bridge Size for your poker game?

I been using Poker Size for years for my poker game and only recently i tried Bridge Size at a home game.

I didn't really mind the size as it didnt really affected the game, for me having Jumbo Index is more important for poker game.

However i always seem youtubers recommended Bridge size over Poker Size for poker cards, i wonder what make them so popular?

 

[Coyote]

Bridge size is narrower and hence easier and faster to shuffle by hand AND to arrange / peep as hole cards in 3- or 4- hole card game variants.
Poker size, being wider, can accommodate 4 jumbo indexes, which, to me at least, is a plus.
Some shuffling machines clearly prefer poker size.

So, it depends on specific needs and priorities.

Jumbo indexes are absolutely necessary for the eyes of players over 45 and for board cards on large tables.

 

[fishsaybloop]

Get bigger hands Lele!

 

[surfik]

Jumbo index for holdem
Bridge size fo 6 max or round table
Poker size for 8,9 players at oval table
If you have a dealer does not matter

Standard index for PLO or any NLH heads up

 

[OralSpecialist]

Recently switched from poker index/size to jumbo index/bridge size and everyone loves it

 

[LeLe]

Ya I never look back once I switch to jumbo index, now I just not used to index size anymore so I always bring 2 extra deck with cut card with me to any home game

 

[Eloe2000]

Jumbo bridge for everything

 

[tabletalker7]

The Shuffle Tech likes poker size a lot better

 

[JMC9389]

Poker jumbo for NLHE

Bridge jumbo for dealer's choice games or any other game that requires more than two hole cards.

Standard index is only used if we're playing short handed on a small table or heads up. It's almost impossible to make out the pips and numbers on a standard index card from the end of the regulation size poker table. Jumbo all the way when on the big, main table.

 

[CraigT78]

Bridge and jumbo for NHLE.
Bridge and blackjack or normal index for all other games.

 

[surfik]

Poker jumbo for NLHE

Bridge jumbo for dealer's choice games or any other game that requires more than two hole cards.

Standard index is only used if we're playing short handed on a small table or heads up. It's almost impossible to make out the pips and numbers on a standard index card from the end of the regulation size poker table. Jumbo all the way when on the big, main table.

Same observations

 

[Jimulacrum]

I prefer poker size in general. Just easier for me to handle. But practically speaking, bridge size is the better pick for the games I prefer.

Always jumbo index. Desjgn does a sort of middle-of-the-road index that's nice too.

 

[CrazyEddie]

I hate the way that jumbo index looks.

I hate that I need to use jumbo index anyway.

 

[legonick]

Bought poker size, played a head-ups match which includes a LOT of shuffling. Bought bridge size, same card type, played another heads up match. Shuffling is way easier with bridge...never going back.

Don't be me. Sample both if you must, but don't buy if possible until you've at least tried bridge.

Basically, poker size may be OK for people with big hands. Bridge size is OK for everyone. So why not go bridge? If it's a self-dealt game, you basically have no choice! Also, from what I've heard and seen, all card rooms use bridge size.

 

[JustinInMN]

Team bridge size. Way easier to shuffle and hold as already mentioned

And I really dislike jumbo index, especially for games requiring more than two hole cards. Much harder to look at one's own hand while protecting it, imo.

 

[allforcharity]

I can use either, will default to what host or players want, which is usually poker size. For blackjack, doesn't matter because you're dealing from a shoe.

 

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[MatB]

Bridge Jumbo for all things. all the time.

 

[TheBigTater]

Poker Size cards are only good for Hold Em or Blackjack, most games I play have more than 2 hole cards anyway so I use Bridge Size for everything.
Any game that requires board cards needs Jumbo Index for us with older eyes, so I only use Jumbo Index for everything.
Just use Bridge/Jumbo, it just makes everything easier.

 

[Coyote]

There are people (including basically myself) who can't always automatically tell nines from sixes if seating opposite the dealer.
I think most of them (us) are crippled left-handers who went to school in medieaval ages and were forced to adopt "God's hand" for writing.
For us, 4 indexes are a boon and, if jumbo (and they better be jumbo anyway) they only fit on poker-sized cards.

 

[DeeVee8]

As a dedicated dealer, I want bridge. I tried to slip them into our home tournament once and it was firmly shat upon. I didn't even mention it, they noticed right away. I am hoping J Designs comes out with a deck featuring "poker peeks" in the future.

 

[Legend5555]

As a player and someone that has dealt a lot of private games, I really don't care about bridge vs poker. I don't like Jumbo though. It makes peeling my cards a horrendous experience. But I get why people like them from a board readability standpoint.

 

[mummel]

Always bridge jumbo. There is no comparison. This is the way.

 

[Legend5555]

As a dedicated dealer, I want bridge. I tried to slip them into our home tournament once and it was firmly shat upon. I didn't even mention it, they noticed right away. I am hoping J Designs comes out with a deck featuring "poker peeks" in the future.

Poker peek corners are even worse than Jumbo.

 

[Coyote]

When even jumbo indexes aren't enough:

Gettin old sux

 

[CrazyEddie]

As a player and someone that has dealt a lot of private games, I really don't care about bridge vs poker. I don't like Jumbo though. It makes peeling my cards a horrendous experience. But I get why people like them from a board readability standpoint.

the solution is to use standard index for the downcards and jumbo index for the board

 

[upNdown]

Nobody has mentioned yet that bridge size is what poker rooms and casinos use for poker. That is the way to go.
Then again, most of them use standard index, and that is just wrong, so who knows?

 

[JustinInMN]

Nobody has mentioned yet that bridge size is what poker rooms and casinos use for poker. That is the way to go.

True.

Then again, most of them use standard index, and that is just wrong, so who knows?

False. Standard index is superior from a hand protection standpoint. I can get if tables are too large, board reading can get difficult from the ends (it is a reason I noticed I had vision needs 10 years ago), but I'd rather just slow down and read the board right rather than have to lift more than a corner of a hole card off the table to read it.

 

[Dugthefish]

Bridge/jumbo and never going back