My Poker table and Dal Negro vs. Copag vs. Kem

[dgold41]

I myself like the Kem California Club cards a lot, I also like the the Copags. The DN cards I am not a fan of at all. Copag, best bang for the buck by far. Quality Kem/Copag very similar depending on the decks acquired. I have the red/Blue poker sized Copags as comparison.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Gemaco Five Star, those are fantastic plastic cards, but tough to find. Bally's AC uses those in their poker room (bridge size) as a Kem substitute. A dealer told me they once used Kems, but found the Gemaco cards more economical......thought that was interesting. anyway, I like:

1- Kem Cal. Club
2- Gemaco five star
3- Copags

[circlencircle]

Dal Negros didn't fair too well?

They came in 2nd just behind the Copags..and ahead of KEMs overall.

So how is that not fairing well?

I have sets of all 3 and the Copag and Dal Negro sets I have I favor well over the KEMs.

I think he mant they didnt fare to well in the bend test which I think is the most important test. I have yet to throw my cards against a wall.

Perhaps, but the over all rank was #2 with Kems at #4. I just don’t understand how you could say flat out that they didn’t do well. Anyway, I am probably just bias, I love DN and think they are a much better card.

[Prettey Toney]

First off, I would like to state that I am a Kem person.

But the dal negro's are a close second, barely

As far as durability, I seen a DN card catch an edge (like in snowboarding)
as the turn card was being thrown down. It creased it very good. I just sold them to the host and thought they were a goner. I picked up the card, and massaged out the crease, no problem. It had a great "memory" and went right back to shape, and play.

DN does have bridge size as well:

Here is where I picked up mine:

Bridge:
http://www.gamepreserve.com/store/item- ... &storeid=1

Wide:
http://www.gamepreserve.com/store/item- ... 1&nav=card

[nutn2lewz]

Hi Folks,

The Dal Negro cards did very well in my damage tests. This surprised me a little because I thought the more 'papery' feel would mean a weaker card ... but it didn't. The Dal Negro needed some finger manipulation to get it back to its original flatness, but it pretty well tied the COPAG for least damage.

I stacked 52 Dal Negro Torcello cards against 52 KEM Arrow cards. I had to remove 2 Dal Negro cards to make the two stacks even in height. This is consistent with the measurements on my site that show the Dal Negro cards to be slightly thicker than KEM cards. It's more of a perception thing, the Dal Negros just feel thicker because they feel more like a piece of cardboard.

Good luck, nutn

[ky70]

I really wish I would have bought the bridge size DNs intead of poker size. I have put myself on poker supplies spending restriction, so I will not be able to buy the bridge size, BUT if anyone has the bridge size Dal Negro's in like new condition and would like to have the poker size intead, let me know.

[Juliea344]

Ok, Ok, geez. I've been away a couple days! Anyway, I don't like to read big long paragraphs I was just looking at the pictures of the DN's in which they were bent to hell. Sorry

[jackblack73]

That test doesn't make much sense to me. He seems to give way too much weight to the test where he throws cards against a piece of plywood. The DNs didn't fare as well as the Kems or Copags in the practical tests where he bent the cards, and that's all that matters to me. If anyone throws my cards against a piece of plywood 75 times then I'm kicking them out of my game and kicking their arse.

[Always_Bored]

The DNs didn't fare as well as the Kems or Copags in the practical tests where he bent the cards, and that's all that matters to me. If anyone throws my cards against a piece of plywood 75 times then I'm kicking them out of my game and kicking their arse.

I agree, i think the bend test is the most important one.


also I believe that under normal circumstances you would be happy with any of those sets of cards. To me it just comes down to feel of the cards and I like the kems.

Copag is what im going to buy now though because I dont mind them and they are cheaper.

[Sixpack]

You can get the Dal Negro cards here: http://www.pokergamingproducts.com/cat_plastic_playing.cfm
I got a set from these guys and really like them. They had fast shipping as well. I compared them to Kems and Gemaco and liked the Dal Negro better for the feel of them. I am going to get a set of the Copags to compare to as well. I have heard that some people were not happy with the font and fuzzyness of the printing on the Copags so that is why I went with the Dal Negro Freedom cards.