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I’m buying a bunch of random decks off of Amazon to compare and feel the differences.

This will not be scientific.

This will not be smart.

This will be my opinion on what decks are playable, and what decks suck ass.

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Ryobi and Milwaukee are both owned by TTI…

Mondiano owns XYZ - Copags are copags - And Amazon China decks are??????

I have Copags, and a buddy with Fournier, KEM, Desjgn and will be comparing them all together. I will be asking my club to vote for their preferences. Let them shuffle, pitch, peek, give them a good look, and decide what they like best.

So, Let’s find out!

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ChadB said:
It looks like you’re purchasing “POKER” size cards. “POKER” size are used in blackjack.
“BRIDGE” sized are used in poker rooms. Just a little FYI.
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As long as they’re all the same size for comparison purposes, who cares?
People have told me I’m wrong, but I’m 95% sure that the narrower bridge size cards feel flexier than poker size cards. So comparing one manufacturer’s poker to another manufacturer’s bridge is flawed, in my opinion. But poker to poker across the board is fine, and should translate perfectly to bridge.
 
Can we start sidebets on which deck is coming out on top? Anyone have some insight on odds/spreads? $20?
 
 
louBdub said:
How did you arrive to this conclusion? I’m asking so everyone has the info in one place for the Amazonian Deckathon Journey
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I use them now. They unseated Fournier as the deck of choice. Now don't get me wrong, Fournier are a little better, but just a little. The lack of availability stateside to go along with the huge shipping charges to get them stateside made me look for an alternative, and with Bullets being a prime item and performing so well let them slip right on in. If it wasn't for the different graphics I don't think my players would have noticed a difference.
 
tabletalker7 said:
I use them now. They unseated Fournier as the deck of choice. Now don't get me wrong, Fournier are a little better, but just a little. The lack of availability stateside to go along with the huge shipping charges to get them stateside made me look for an alternative, and with Bullets being a prime item and performing so well let them slip right on in. If it wasn't for the different graphics I don't think my players would have noticed a difference.
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Great, have you handled any of the above?

I’d love your input comparing them if you have. I will have a deck of fourniers to evaluate them.
 
louBdub said:
Great, have you handled any of the above?

I’d love your input comparing them if you have. I will have a deck of fourniers to evaluate them.
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I haven't tried anything you have posted. I firmly believe that "when you pay nothing you get nothing" and most of those choices you ordered were the cheap choices. Now don't get me wrong. Cheap cards have their uses, and I am interested in what results you get here. I just never tried any of them myself.
 
tabletalker7 said:
I haven't tried anything you have posted. I firmly believe that "when you pay nothing you get nothing" and most of those choices you ordered were the cheap choices. Now don't get me wrong. Cheap cards have their uses, and I am interested in what results you get here. I just never tried any of them myself.
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You get what you pay for is applicable to many things, but doesn’t apply to others.

I like finding inner business secrets and who makes what. Lots of shenanigans going on out there in 2023 and beyond :tup:
 
It'll be an interesting handling comparison but you'll really need to put a lot of hours on each of them to see how they hold up. (ex: like fading Copags or warped KEMs).
 
davefr said:
It'll be an interesting handling comparison but you'll really need to put a lot of hours on each of them to see how they hold up. (ex: like fading Copags or warped KEMs).
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This is the difficult part. I'm only expecting initial impressions from this.
 
 

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