Poker Cards

[tiger_hall]

What poker cards do you use?
I am looking to buy some quality 100% plastic cards. I was going to get the EPT cards which are nhfournier cards but when i went on their website i found nowhere to order.
What cards do you use and how good are they to use?
Thanks
NHFOURNIER cards used on EPT but unable to order them looking for similar ones?

[KAknight]

Copag

I prefer bridge sized and jumbo index.

[tiger_hall]

i found that Copags scratched easily and were extremely slidey that they kept sliding off the table.. but they are nice cards i will admit that

[slickterp]

I recently had the same issue and bought 3 types of cards, all Jumbo index. Prices include shipping.

KEM - about $25 for 2 decks
COPAG - about $15 for 2 decks
MODIANO - about $10 for 2 decks

The KEMs really are the best, but if you don't want to spedn the $$, the MODIANOs are better than the COPAGs, and cheaper.

[tiger_hall]

could you put pics into the best cards you think there are...
thanks

these are the PokerStars cards... i dont really like these

[slickterp]

Google KEM crds, Copag cards, or Modiano cards. Their sites have good pics.

[grebe]

I got a setup of those Fournier cards from Pstars and thought they were ok, until we played with them. Both decks were off the table in less than two hours with marked cards in them...fingernail indentations or something similar (no suspected cheats, I think they are just shiney and ding easy). In retrospect, I have been using the same setup of KEM's for over two years. Copags are good too, except they fade...no effect on play, just slightly annoying.

I prefer regular index. The jumbo's work well (especially for elders that refuse to wear glasses), but I have had some complaints that you have to lift up too much of the card to see the suite on my KEM jumbos.

sooooo.....KEM bridge sized regular index has been my go-to card.

[tiger_hall]

cheers for help!!

[StevieG]

Not mentioned yet is Dal Negro. I have Kem and Copags, and I prefer the Dal Negro cards.

[pfapfap]

I've had mixed results with all brands.

If you're having problems with sliding, are you even using felt? If not, it doesn't matter what you get, the cards will be trash after not much use anyway.

One older set of KEM has lasted forever, is still relatively easy to handle, and has no marks. A newer set is mark-free, but is impossible to shuffle. My older Copags still shuffle and deal fairly well, but the ink fades and they seem easy to mark. I dig the Modiano 4-pip cards, but it's a lousy case and they got unmanagable in a hurry.

I recently got a new Copag and a new Del Negro setup. We'll see how they do. Out of the box, Copag is easier to shuffle, but both are nice so far.

My comments about marking are because I found a lot of fingernail indentations a couple of months back. Thankfully the culprits seem to have stopped or moved on, as more recent setups are clean (so far). I check much more often now, sadly.