Bicycle Pro Peek Deck

Sep 3, 2007
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Bicycle Pro Peek Deck

The Official Spam-

INTRODUCING THE NEW BICYCLE PRO™ POKER CARDS. WITH THESE NEW FEATURES YOU CAN PLAY LIKE THE PROS!

- NEW POKERPEEK™ FACE STYLE COMBINES A SMALLER, MORE SECURE CORNER MARKING WITH A JUMBO FACE CARD

- PROCUT EDGE™ FEATURES A BARELY VISIBLE BEVELED CARD EDGE THAT GRIPS BETTER DURING SHUFFLING

- CUSTOM CASINO COTTON-PAPER BLEND FOR ADDED DURABILITY

- TOURNAMENT CARD BACK DESIGN INSPIRED BY THE 2007 WORLD SERIES OF POKER® CUSTOM CARDS

The Looks: 7/10

I like the backs of these cards a lot. However, the fronts are not the greatest looking I've ever seen. They're basically jumbo index's with the card and their suit in the corners. This is, of course, great for poker players, but it kind of annoys me.

The Feel: 8/10

I really like the feel of these cards. It may just be my mind playing tricks on me, but I think they feel slightly better than a regular deck of Bikes. It says on the back of the box that they are made with a cotton blend, and, handling cards so much, I can tell the difference. They feel a bit flimsier than standard Bikes.

The Price: 6/10

Hmm... I don't really like the price for these cards: $3.88 a pack! You can almost buy a Ghost Deck for that amount (which I would rather have). I figured it wouldn't hurt just this one time to try them out, though. For what you get, though, I think they're a tad to expensive.

The Durability: ?/10

I really don't know how durable these cards are, seeing as how I haven't really played around with them too much. They seem like the type of cards that would last a while, but you never know. Once I have them for a couple of days and have played around with them, I'll update this section of the review.

Pros:

-Look cool

-Great for poker

-Feel good

Cons:

-Have jumbo index faces

-Are expensive

My Thoughts-

These cards aren't really that good for a magician, but they would be superb for a poker player or what not. I mainly got these to add to my collection, I'll probably never use them for magic. I think the box looks really cool, though.

 
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Sep 1, 2007
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There is one MAJOR problem with this deck. Warps. The new stock makes the deck warp and crimp like crazy. If you bend a card at all, it stays that way. And after leaving the deck out of my Porper for a few hours, it's bent again, and has that "pop" to it when you bend the deck as a whole (if you know what I mean.

I love the back design, but the faces suck. The finish is nice. Overall, I wouldn't reccomend it because of the warps.

And BTW, you accidentally said you love the face design.
 
Sep 3, 2007
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Yeah, they do warp pretty easily. I don't get them out much, though.

Thanks for pointing out my mistake... I fixed it.
 

The Dark Angel

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Sep 1, 2007
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I bought a pack earlier tonight.

I agree, the backs look really cool, but the fronts... Well those aren't the best.
They handle fine for me, flourishes and all that I can do just as well as I can with any other deck of Bike's.
As for the price, I got them at Wal-Mart of $2.47, so that's only about .20 cents more than a regular pack of Bikes.
 
Sep 1, 2007
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Hehe, must agree to you guys.

The backs look great, but the fronts...

Now as school started my friends have noticed that these are real good cards for poker as you can see the value very easily, so these will be my poker cards for a few days until i buy some plastics to play with. And the box is cool.

And that beveled edge thing. I don´t know. New edges feel like new bikes and old edges feel like old bikes. Just regular.

For magic - well, I did not notice any great difference in handling those, so as I said - Poker only.
 
Sep 2, 2007
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hmmm...sorry for the necropost.....but around here, normal bikes are 3.95, and poker peeks are 3.96 :p but I can only get them about and hour or so away.....
 
Sep 1, 2007
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Where I'm at, Bike prices at Wal-Mart are:
Regular Deck: $2.22
Pro Peek: $2.47
Regular Red/Blue 2 pack; $2.97

Overall I like the Pro Peeks (well, except for the faces, I'm not big on them).
 
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