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If you like to open a fresh deck of playing cards every time you sit down to play card games, then the regular paper playing cards are for you. Standard paper playing cards varies in price from $1 for a cheaper quality paper material to $3 to $4 for a higher quality paper. Paper playing cards usually are used for a week or two and are then changed. Casinos would usually change to a new deck every couple of hours. Cheap playing cards usually come with many poker chip sets. These are standard and are commonly used in many households.

There are two type of sizes when deciding to buy playing cards. The most common type is the poker size playing cards. They come in regular index as well as in Jumbo index type. In the regular index, the numbers and characters are printed in smaller size; while in the jumbo index, numbers and characters are larger. If it is difficult for you to see small numbers, then you should buy jumbo index cards.

The standard size of poker playing cards is 2.5 inch (w) and 3.5 inch (h). Another popular size in playing cards is bridge size, which is 2.25 inch (w) and 3.5 inch (h). Since there is no difference in the cost of the cards with respect to their size, you can choose one that suits your needs or your tastes best. Bridge size cards are used in poker games in casinos, while poker size cards are used for Blackjack, Caribbean stud, 3 card poker and many other card games.

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