Need your feedback - Copag Cards

[ky70]

Unless I'm missing something, I don't think Copag is still making the "Copag" cards. I didn't see them on the Copag website.

If this is true, I may need to buy a couple of sets for future use.

[cowtown]

I'm pretty sure Copag is still making cards. I mean they are popping up everywhere.

After this conversation I decided to sell my Bridge Copag's, sold in less than 5 minutes on our local Poker website to my surprise. I ordered a set of Poker Size Copag's in the case and all that. I have a pair of soft pack Copag's as well but don't care for the backs that much, so I'll keep them for tournament play and the nice ones for our home games.

[Juliea344]

Unless I'm missing something, I don't think Copag is still making the "Copag" cards. I didn't see them on the Copag website.

They phased out/discountinued a number of the designs in their gold and silver lines. Such as the Persian style which is too bad, I think they are pretty.

[joe_13]

I like my Copags better than the Kems they use at my local cardroom.
They started out a bit on the slick side, but that hasn't been a problem at all lately.

[Midnight Sun]

I'd have to agree that the Copaq seem to get less slick after some use. I really like them. Never played with Kem's, i think, but I've played with Dal negro, aswell as some other brands like Piatnik. I like the texture on the Copaq cards, they stand up well compared to the dal negros in my opinion. Great cards.

[tomb1]

As far as quitting making cards, I don't think so. The English/US version of the Brazilian manufacturer's corporate web site is http://www.copagcards.com/ It's more an overview site and shows their various backs and styles. You can buy them at their various retailers (online and other) for the same price.

There is also a cardsbycopag.com site, but I think that's a retailer, not the manufacturer.

[Juliea344]

They just aren't making the "copag" back design anymore. Yes, they are still making lots of cards.

[Wooderson]

They phased out/discountinued a number of the designs in their gold and silver lines...They just aren't making the "copag" back design anymore. Yes, they are still making lots of cards.

That's what I meant all. Sorry for the confusion.

So what is the story on the Gold/Silver lines? What differentiated them? I didn't see a refence to them on the Copag site either.

And where is a place to buy Dal Negros? The only one I can find other than Kardwell (which only has one style) is in England. I really like the all white Dal Negro set.

[Wiley]

Try pokerchips.com for Dal Negro, they have 4 different styles.

As for Copags, I like them. However, I have never handled Kem or DN. I will admit they were extremely slick out of the box but after a few games they seem to loose some of that slickness.

[Juliea344]

So what is the story on the Gold/Silver lines? What differentiated them? I didn't see a refence to them on the Copag site either.

The gold/silver reference is for retailers to use when ordering. For example, I can buy an entire case of Masters, Exports, etc - but they don't sell entire cases of the other designs like Persian, 4 Suits, Indian, etc. Those come in mixed cases of 2 of each design ( designated gold or silver) so if you want the beautiful Persians, you have to take the hideous Egrets, Ethnics, Mandalas, and so on. Hope that explains it.

[cowtown]

I love some of their bridge designs, it's too bad that they don't have some of those in the poker size. I have the 1546 on order though in SI Poker Size, I like the look of those.