My Flea Market find!

[moonexe]

Are you still looking?  I got a two-deck set from Gambler's General Store.  I just completed the flip test - no markings visible; doesn't mean they aren't somehow juiced, though.  They came in a box with the oversized USPC seals on the sides, and packaged separately were two plastic cut cards and two tourney deck ID cards which were, strangely enough, made on a paper stock similar to Bikes.

You can see if a deck is juiced by forcing your eyes to lose focus, which isn'T exactly hard to do. Or if you're short-sighted, just look at it from a distance and you'll see the markings.

[Don Boyer]

Hey Don,

Yeah, I've been meaning to pick up a set or 2.

I was hoping to get some of the ones that were marked, but I would imagine USPC would have destroyed those.

GGS is USPC's official retailer, they still had them at a reasonable price when I looked last month.

Bear in mind the markings were very hard to spot - they were only discovered under the very bright lighting at the main table.  The game was moved to a side table with darker lighting, since no unmarked replacements were on hand.  For a special "2-7" tournament (it was only some the low cards that were marked) they managed to dig up leftover decks from the 2010 event, considering how critical low-card info would be in such a game.

It's not impossible that the decks being sold are the real deal, since they're sealed and come with the tournament deck ID tags.  But I read an article which stated the USPC could replace the entire print run in about two days if the tourney opted to get replacements.  Only you can be the judge!

This page is offering the 2007 WSOP tourney decks - the packaging is identical to the 2011 model I got.
http://www.gamblingincorporated.com/product.php?productid=16244

Here's a dude on eBay selling them - y'know, it does look like they're selling the marked decks!  Perhaps GGS didn't make any mention of it because of their ties with USPC and the embarrassment of the fiasco for them.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WSOP-2011-Playing-Cards-Kem-CELLO-WRAPPED-New-box-/130600722320?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6868df90

[Lushbob]

If only we had flea markets in the UK...
Although, it's not likely that there would even be any USPCC decks at all. Heck, they'd all just be rubbishy plastic coated decks!
So really, let me change what I said before. I really wish I lived in the USA.

[CBJ]

Hey

I know a couple of you were wondering about that Jack Links WSOP deck

One is up for sale on Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Jack-Links-Beef-Jerky-WSOP-World-Series-Poker-Playing-Cards-Bicycle-NEW-/300671553495?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item46016bcfd7

I posted pics of the cards near the beginning of this thread

CBJ

[dmbaggs]

Thanks for the link!! I'll have to bid on  that!