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Poker vs Bridge Size (1 Viewer)

Bridge or Poker Size

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Bronson said:
Really though? For a skilled hands this should make no difference.

I would not be surprised if casinos are using bridge sized cards only because in bulk buy they are cheaper; and after time this become “standard”. But I can be wrong as well.
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I was a dealer, supervisor and trainer for several years. Bridge size DEFINITELY makes a huge difference to deal.
And no, bridge size cards are not cheaper than poker size cards. Additionally, the cards used in the poker rooms are full plastic/acetate, rather than the plastic covered cards used on the gaming floor.
And poker sized cards are used on the gaming floor. Where they go through multiple decks per day.



Bronson said:
centre deal… the only deal that was never used by any card sharp ever; it’s not valid test to run. I honestly would struggle more to do bottom deal with bridge cards than poker.

But this isn’t usual deal, if you’re dealing cards as you should size of cards absolutely does not matter.
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Deal some cards for 8 hours. Every day. 5 days per week. Then tell me that the size of cards absolutely does not matter.

Mike
 
Racer96 said:
Deal some cards for 8 hours. Every day. 5 days per week. Then tell me that the size of cards absolutely does not matter.

Mike
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Ok you’re having experience on your hands, hats off!

Hover, I’m just simple engineer, I’m holding tools for 12h four times a week. But I’m amateur magician or I should say pseudo gambling demonstrator, kinda obsessed with cards, on days off I’m handling cards as much as I can, deck always in my pocket. I have hundreds of hours practicing on me. I will use all sorts of decks from well used bikes to overpriced fountains but also bridge size Waddingtons ( crude and stiff as hell) as they’re still most popular and wildly available cards in Uk and whatever else you can get, only cards ill stay away are plastic cards; they’re simply shite.

I’ll still will claim that size make no difference in terms of hands fatigue. I never thought “Cor i wish to back to bridge to avoid cramps in hands”

I know this will come down to personal preferences.
 
Bronson said:
Ok you’re having experience on your hands, hats off!

Hover, I’m just simple engineer, I’m holding tools for 12h four times a week. But I’m amateur magician or I should say pseudo gambling demonstrator, kinda obsessed with cards, on days off I’m handling cards as much as I can, deck always in my pocket. I have hundreds of hours practicing on me. I will use all sorts of decks from well used bikes to overpriced fountains but also bridge size Waddingtons ( crude and stiff as hell) as they’re still most popular and wildly available cards in Uk and whatever else you can get, only cards ill stay away are plastic cards; they’re simply shite.

I’ll still will claim that size make no difference in terms of hands fatigue. I never thought “Cor i wish to back to bridge to avoid cramps in hands”

I know this will come down to personal preferences.
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I am going to go out on a limb and guess the mechanics in magic are a little different than pitching 3000 cards or so a day in a poker room. But I will note you are digging into the opinion here.

Also, I would also assume there are probably reasons for magicians to prefer wider cards as well.
 
JustinInMN said:
I am going to go out on a limb and guess the mechanics in magic are a little different than pitching 3000 cards or so a day in a poker room. But I will note you are digging into the opinion here.

Also, I would also assume there are probably reasons for magicians to prefer wider cards as well.
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Magic approach and gambling approach is quite different and this’s something we’re working on. Do your “moves” but aim for 100% natural looks.

Yes, since poker size is bigger everything looks nicer, more elegant. Bridge cards will let you conceal more. If you’re having hand size 5 ( in gloves term measurement) yes go for bridge.

Yes scaling cards across the table is not something that causing much of a trouble. Even for magician
 
Bronson said:
Ok you’re having experience on your hands, hats off!

Hover, I’m just simple engineer, I’m holding tools for 12h four times a week. But I’m amateur magician or I should say pseudo gambling demonstrator, kinda obsessed with cards, on days off I’m handling cards as much as I can, deck always in my pocket. I have hundreds of hours practicing on me. I will use all sorts of decks from well used bikes to overpriced fountains but also bridge size Waddingtons ( crude and stiff as hell) as they’re still most popular and wildly available cards in Uk and whatever else you can get, only cards ill stay away are plastic cards; they’re simply shite.

I’ll still will claim that size make no difference in terms of hands fatigue. I never thought “Cor i wish to back to bridge to avoid cramps in hands”

I know this will come down to personal preferences.
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I used to practice magic (was a member of the SAM and FISM at one point in my life).

The positions your hands are in for doing cardistry, and for dealing properly, casino style, are not the same. In magic, your hands are always doing new things. In casino, you are doing the exact same thing, over and over, for 8 to 10 (or 12) hour shifts.

I've also dealt double deck blackjack, which you hold 2 decks worth of poker size cards. I'm not saying it's not possible. I'm just saying that after having extensive EXPERIENCE, bridge size makes a massive difference.

And please don't try to tell me that holding tools is the same as holding cards. Unless you are holding the exact same tool, for the full shift, every day. With no variance.

Again, you can make all the claims you want. I worked with several hundred other dealers. I taught dealers. Bridge size wins out over poker size for dealing.

The majority of people that say "POKER SIZE IS FOR POKER" don't even realize that card rooms across North America, use bridge size.
 
Racer96 said:
I used to practice magic (was a member of the SAM and FISM at one point in my life).

The positions your hands are in for doing cardistry, and for dealing properly, casino style, are not the same. In magic, your hands are always doing new things. In casino, you are doing the exact same thing, over and over, for 8 to 10 (or 12) hour shifts.

I've also dealt double deck blackjack, which you hold 2 decks worth of poker size cards. I'm not saying it's not possible. I'm just saying that after having extensive EXPERIENCE, bridge size makes a massive difference.

And please don't try to tell me that holding tools is the same as holding cards. Unless you are holding the exact same tool, for the full shift, every day. With no variance.

Again, you can make all the claims you want. I worked with several hundred other dealers. I taught dealers. Bridge size wins out over poker size for dealing.

The majority of people that say "POKER SIZE IS FOR POKER" don't even realize that card rooms across North America, use bridge size.
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tools are not cards, my point was my hands are quite tired after my shifts but I’m still capable to hold deck and do stuff efficiently.

Ok, so looks like bridge size was incorporated only to makes dealers life easier ( and I’m not saying this in mean disrespectful way) not for comfort of players of because of value of decks.
 
Play poker in any major AC or Vegas card room and you will only see bridge. Probably 99% of poker rooms in the US. That’s a clue. Bridge cards are much more comfortable to deal (and I have size large hands) than poker.

Also there is 0.0000% chance they use them because they are cheaper. They aren’t cheaper for anyone to buy. They use them because professional dealers are dealing cards for hours on end.
 
Egonz said:
So I finally got my hands on both poker and bridge size KEMs and COPAGS and… how do y’all even play with bridge?? They’re so small and feel like cards for little kids. Just a genuine question because they felt like miniature playing cards. Do I just have humongous hands or something?
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Old reply but I know this is a common topic even though I'm new here, I've replied to some other form posts and i threw out the question on if Copags should be bought in poker size or bridge. I've heard a few people say bridge size is inferior to poker size for copags, I'll include my thread links below but I'll also reply here with a short version.

https://www.pokerchipforum.com/thre...vs-bridge-size-what-are-your-opinions.135291/

This thread i ranked each index and size from best to worst IMO, it's good fodder for people to yell at me as 4 pip is ranked pretty high :)
https://www.pokerchipforum.com/threads/bridge-vs-poker-size.127907/post-2755907

I don't really get to play poker, i play a lot of traditional game though. And if you hold a lot of cards you're physically holding more material if you are playing with wide size vs narrow, but there's a nice average of about 5-8 hand cards where if you just focus on the game the hand feel isn't that important. It's the index, if you're playing euchre where you hold 5 cards poker or bridge are just fine. If you are playing Samba where you hold 15 cards, yeah bridge size comes in clutch in this case over poker every time, and it's not really a preference unless you have a big monkey paw grip. Though I always pick bridge as my go to as shuffling/dealing is better and you'll be thankful if you play drawing games like crazy 8s, Kings in a corner etc, where you can go from holding 3 cards to 10 in one turn.

As for shuffling/dealing and playing with poker sized cards, depending on the brand of plastic cards you don't really notice it unless you sit and think on it. But it starts to be noticeable again if you play said drawing games, and your hand count goes from 5-11 cards because you can't mach a darn 3.

I heavily prefer standard index regardless of size. If i HAVE to have jumbo it's only in poker size, index also affects what size you get if you play games where you hold more cards in hand. Holding 6 jumbo poker is a pretty big difference when you hold jumbo bridge. I also appreciate using bridge sized cards since every paper deck only comes in poker, using poker sized bikes/bees/tally hos for 8 years it's an amazing break to choose bridge. With the choice of going back if i want to or not crying because I'm forced to play with paper
 
I prefer poker sized over bridge. Also prefer jumbo index. Though I'd prefer bridge with jumbo vs. poker with standard. If I find good deal on cards, I'd buy either as long as their jumbo.

I remember my first time playing poker in Vegas. All casinos were using bridge. So switched to bridge for 'authenticity' reasons. Then, like many others, figured if you're playing holdem with only two hole cards, poker is preferred.

Any game with 5+ hole cards, prefer bridge.
 
I like both.
Bridge are a little bit easier to handle imo.
They‘re easier to align before shuffling.

If you riffle shuffle by the corner (as most do - not me), poker size tend to shuffle easier.

The most part of our players prefer poker size.
I try to bring in some bridge from time to time.
To convince them they‘re as good as poker size cards!
 
It wasn't untill I started my home game research I learned that bridge size is often preferable by many experienced hosts.

I love poker size but I'll have to give bridge size a fair shake.
 
Prefer bridge size alongside the jumbo font but normally run my home games with the bridge + standard font as that's what everyone seems to prefer.
 
The vast majority of casinos use bridge size cards and Paulsons. So do I.

Bridge size absolutely!
 
I can see a debate between colored decks or card size, but I don’t see the debate for index size. How is a standard index better in any way? Except maybe to exploit players with bad eyesight lol
 
Salbino said:
I can see a debate between colored decks or card size, but I don’t see the debate for index size. How is a standard index better in any way? Except maybe to exploit players with bad eyesight lol
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Games with more than 2 cards in the hole benefit from smaller index - in particular games holding 5-6 cards . It's the only reason regular index is still in my stable.
 
Poker Zombie said:
Games with more than 2 cards in the hole benefit from smaller index - in particular games holding 5-6 cards . It's the only reason regular index is still in my stable.
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I thought that, with more hole cards, what counts is narrow size and/or 4 indexes.
Of course, you can't have everything (narrow size, 4 indexes and still Jumbo indexes).
The morale of the story is to NOT play games with more than 3 hole cards (ideally to dump one of them).
 
Papasatyr said:
It offends my 56 year old sensibilities.
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