Casino Cards | RamblerKudos

Name: Bee Casino ‘Sam’s Town’
Date: 6.11.2009

Front : Casino Quality Club Special “Bee” Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.Playing Cards

Right : The U.S. Playing Card Company Cincinnati, Ohio 45212

Cost: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
It’s a used yet uncancelled deck from a Las Vegas Casino. Well, that probably means I got it off of eBay. 5$ for this one with shipping. I like it.

Sam's Town : Part of older casino card boxes.

Sam's Town : No Jokers, You get Ads insteads.

Availability: ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
A little difficult to come across this exact casino. As for the same brand…. Bee cambric finish…on uncancelled casino decks….that’s a little difficult too, if you’re going for older stock of cards.

Sam's Town : No Bee Ace here, you get a Boyd Ace instead. Solid.

Life/Finish: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○

It’s Bee’s cambric finish. The good one. I’d imagine these were awesome at one point, but age kinda killed it for this deck. However, all the good qualities are there I guess. Good snap. Holds well. More durable than a bicycle deck. Fans wells. White borders? How about no borders but its white. Makes for (un)interesting fans and such.

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○

Nothing bad here. Nothing exceptional either.

Back Design: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○

It’s no background, with the casino logo twice. Excellent. Simplicity is always a plus here. But then, there’s no borders. Might be confusing if you have selective amnesia like I do. What. Nothing…

Fans and Spreads: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○

Uhm. Boring. Hm. If you like blank fans and spreads like I do. Then this is indeed a good deck. Assuming you use the back. Because of the extra large “border”. Yup. As for the stock. I had to also revive this deck using fanning powder and now its awesome. Like some of the other decks.

Comments
-Sam’s Town. I used to go there with my family when I lived in Las Vegas. What. I lived in Vegas…? Yea…that explains a lot. Sort of. This deck has some abnormalities. Aside from the usual ‘casino’ red. And the indifferent back design. It’s a gambling hall. The back design ,,,it says Gambling Hall! Like the indices on the 10 through K and Aces. As for the spot cards, theyre indented towards the center a bit much too. Check out those spreads. Scary. If I could travel back in time and make custom cards for myself, I’d use this stock. Maybe. Theres a few others I like more. But we haven’t got to them yet.

–Kudos ♪♫

Picked up a Massa deck from a friend. Because I’m too cheap or something to go buy one.

Name: Massa Playing Cards
Date: 6.7.2009

Bottom : Casino Playing Cards LTD. Made in U.S.A.

Cost: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○

So. If you’re lucky enough to wait until just a few months ago, these decks dropped from the usual 8-10$ to a super cheap 1-3$. Very High supply meets ultra low demand or something like that. Bricks of these can go auctioned on eBay for under 20. Non-auction bricks land between 20 and 30. Bulk amounts of bricks get substantially cheaper.

Massa : Jokers
Availability: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○

Quite available at the moment. These won’t disappear anytime soon.

Massa : Box design seems oddly familiar.

Life/Finish: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○

Thick with a good snap. Heavier than bicycles. Durable, but can still take bends and hits. But still with that papery, air cushioned like finish. It does in fact have those air pocket dimples. Anaconda falls are the easiest ever to do with this deck. It says ‘linen’ finish. Probably not the same linen as say a Tally Ho deck. Tally Ho? Whats that…? We don’t know. We haven’t found one of those in the stash yet. Yet. Spreads stay consistent. Fans are great. But the only thing that stands out is the snap. Aside from that. Very slippery. As in if you missed a catch, expect some cards to slide. A lot.

Faro: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

“Nothing special”. The paper sides cuts sometimes show resistance.

Back Design: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○
One color way of black with gold linings and pips. Quite nice. Looks excellent in fans and spreads. Is in fact one way, but no one cares with a back design that looks this … reserved? At least that’s how I’d describe it. For the price of the deck, this is worth it.

One handed cuts: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ○ ○ ○

Nothing to hate here. Holds together. Good for practice in quality and price. Lets avoid using these for magic. Though. Don’t think there’d be much problems there. Except for the back border. If that even bothers you at all.

Comments

-Massa deck. In the unknown until … I forget … early 2008? Apologies. I already ‘destroyed’ a few of the cards before writing. Haha…These decks are available and is recommended for use. Nothing to stop you. Not much to hate. Unless you only work with white bordered cards. Yea. But even with a full bleed back, it works as a deck. Ace of Spades is refreshing. Red on faces is that ‘casino’ red. the darker one. Standard index…faces are a little varied for court cards. Yes. Wonder why these got taken off production. Which means reserves will run out…? But not for some time. Its good quality. Even disregarding any quality control issues. I should pick up some more of these.

–Kudos ♪♫

RamblerKudos

Category Archives: Casino Cards

Bee Casino Sam’s Town

Massa Playing Cards

Chapter 5: Card Connections