New Playing Card Face to be launched

mcaul

US Playing Cards are launching a new playing card face with their Bicycle Pro Playing Cards incorporating Poker Peek Face. Launch is expected early June. Official card of WSOP.

Details as follows (pictures not available yet.)

The First Poker Card Innovation in over 40 years!!!!
Bicycle Pro™ Delivers a Super-premium Bicycle Deck with new Poker Peek Face
• Bicycle Pro™ delivers Technical Superiority
– Delivers the best paper playing card available!
– Superior, durable casino paper – the paper used by the vast majority of casinos worldwide!
– Includes cotton fibers for strength, durability, and flexibility
• The same reason paper money is durable!
• Laminated under tight moisture control to provide rigidity
– Custom coatings applied to fine tune feel and slip
• ProCut™ ProCut™ Edges
– Cards individually cut with barely-visible beveled edge that grips fingers for better control during shuffling
Competition ProCut™ Edge Edges grip fingers for better control!

What is PokerPeek™
•Combines a discrete corner pip with a jumbo-like face
in the middle of the card
•Enhances security at the table
•The result: More privacy for individual players, and
high visibility for all players when placed on the table

shoutman

I'll take 52.....

still dont quite get what pokerpeek is.. corner pip??

Mellor

the pip is the symbol in the cornor of the cards, so sounds like the corner peek is a new style so that makes it more discret, better for "peeking" at by turning the corners. but the face is large so that it can be seen on the table.

mcaul

Yep - very small corner pips on all corners of the cards and then 2 jumbo pips about a third the way down the card - the pictures I was sent are security coded so I can't copy the file.

shoutman

mcaul wrote:

Yep - very small corner pips on all corners of the cards and then 2 jumbo pips about a third the way down the card - the pictures I was sent are security coded so I can't copy the file.

Take a photo of the picture then post that

shoutman

So basically they changed around the pictures on the cards and are talking about it as if it is a change parellel to flushing toilets....

Mellor

press print screen, then paste into paint
then stick it up here

Goodluck2me

THIS WILL REVOLUTIONISE POKER FOREVER!!!!.... not. its just a card change, its not like a new way of slicing bread or telecommunication.... (may/may not take comments back when i see the photos)

Goodluck2me

Mellor wrote:

press print screen, then paste into paint
then stick it up here

thats clever

David Michael

goodluck2me wrote:

thats clever

Holding down "alt gr" and pressing print screen takes a shot of the active window rather than the whole screen... which is clever +1

Saved me a bollix load of cropping in my time.

Mellor

David Michael wrote:

Holding down "alt gr" and pressing print screen takes a shot of the active window rather than the whole screen... which is clever +1

Saved me a bollix load of cropping in my time.

Nice attempt to get one over on my post, but im sorry "alt" works on its own, "alt gr" pfft


im strangly interested in these cards, and the longer I wat to see them the bigger let down it will be. probably just a poker novelty, and like Joe a may or may not take that back when I see them

David Michael

Mellor wrote:

You can just use "alt"

Thanks. I live and learn.

mcaul

Got it - the things you learn here!!

Doc Farrell

I have to admit I am intensely excited about this as I am a nerd who collects playing cards.

For those who have a nerdlike enthusiasm for things:
Jim McManus who wrote Positively fifth Street has written a brilliant article on the history of the game of poker in this months Cardplayer magazine.

Thanks Peter, I intend to get some sweet stuff from your new website, I'm just restraining myself at the moment as I'm slightly worse for the wear and would probably spend too much.

Best wishes et bon chance!

Mellor

heres the picture of the cards for anyone that too lazy to open the word doc

Mr.Plough

how many engineers did it take to come up with this wonderful product?

fabsoul

Mr.Plough wrote:

how many engineers did it take to come up with this wonderful product?

52 lol

DS

Obviously over hyped bull**** but a good idea nonetheless.

Mr.Plough

fabsoul wrote:

52 lol

53 including jokers i suppose

sosh

They are horrible looking cards!!!! UUgggghhhhh

shoutman

jesus seanie you arent too impressed are you. Reallly aint too impressive but i suppose it is a change for the better albeit a very slight one.

delanec8

Would anyone else look at a corner and then look at the whole card just to be sure or is this just me?:)

Mellor

its just you jk
they would probably take a bit of getting used to, but only ever lift the corner when playing, so i can see them being helpful,
but i wouldn't pay extra for them,

mcaul

Here's a better image -

Launch date is May 1st.

Pricing will be €3.50 per deck and pack of 12 €35.
(US Retail is $3.50 + sales tax)

kincsem

Probably be a lot of players misreading their hole cards, especially the older players.

Goodluck2me

pricing is very reasonable as KEMs and Copaqs are aroub 15 a pack now..

mcaul

kincsem wrote:

Probably be a lot of players misreading their hole cards, especially the older players.

I HAVE A4 CARDS FOR THEM! (in caps just in case they can't hear!!) and braille cards if they can't see! LOL


As for pricing - these are standard cardboard cards with cotton fibres and plstic laminating whereas KEM & Copag are 100% plastic. (Copag 6 decks €39 & KEM 6 decks €75)

Mellor

I read that this new design will be available in KEMs too.
There are made by the same company so don't see why not.
Any plans to stock them mcaul?

Jesus Wept

Utterly pointless, a fine example of over thinking, it exactly what is achived by making the ?'corner pip? 50% smaller, is this going to prevent your opponents seeing your cards more than before? No, if they couldn't before, they still can't, etc etc,

completly pointless, fixing something that isn't broken.

mcaul

Mellor wrote:

I read that this new design will be available in KEMs too.
There are made by the same company so don't see why not.
Any plans to stock them mcaul?

If they have them in KEM we'll have them when they are available.

Tar.Aldarion

Meh. I prefer teh older cards as well. DOesn't seem like a super dooper change. I don't know what I was expecting, when I opened the link, after reading the hype bit.

TheCards

sosh wrote:

They are horrible looking cards!!!! UUgggghhhhh

Try these:
http://www.ellusionist.com/order/Playing-Cards.php

We (Ellusionist) take the USPC brand, i.e. Bicycle and Tally-Ho, and redesign them into works of art.

Currently these playing cards are only available on the Ellusionist site which is why you won't see them in stores. We use high end Casino stock and a new UV500 slick finish that we developed which protects the cards exceptionally well.

We reverse imaged some of the decks into completely black cards as well, which some poker pros love because it forces them to focus when looking at a hand.

Brad/
Ellusionist.com

Hectorjelly

David Michael wrote:

Holding down "alt gr" and pressing print screen takes a shot of the active window rather than the whole screen... which is clever +1

Saved me a bollix load of cropping in my time.

Wow Ive wasted so much of my life going into paint and cropping, cheers!

Doc Farrell

oh God, i can't afford all these decks and yet I must have them.
I don't even use them! over 80 decks now and counting....
i have a problem....

must have: http://www.ellusionist.com/order/series1800/

and

http://www.ellusionist.com/order/Viper-Deck/Tally-Ho-Viper.php?cat=40