UK Market

[Trident Cards]

We may be in the UK soon. Would love to know more about the UK market from customer's perspective. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

[luckystraights]

We may be in the UK soon. Would love to know more about the UK market from customer's perspective. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

I assume you mean 100% plastic cards, well I don't recall ever seeing a single deck on the high street, and don't know of any store that sells more then the very cheapest poker kits aimed at your average bar league recreational sort. This may be differen't in London, but up my way there are several casin's, but very few poker tables running, seems to be just 1 or 2.

That being said, the game is very popular with those I know who do play, and there will definitely be a market with those who enjoy the game. Your only real competition would be the "magic" stores, who offer by far the widest selection of cards ime.

[Jacks Up]

We may be in the UK soon. Would love to know more about the UK market from customer's perspective. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

I live in the South East of England, about 30 miles from London.  You can get plastic cards in bricks & mortar shops here, but they tend to be specialist games shops (selling board games etc.)

There are some mail order retailers here who sell over the web. In fact, it was these retailers that I bought my first plastic setups from. They tend to have a very limited stock and are quite pricey. Put it this way, I haven't bought a setup of plastic cards from them for several years. It's cheaper for me to buy them from the US and pay for the shipping.

Ironically, it appears to be easier (and cheaper) to buy European makes like Dal Negro, Modiano and Fournier from the US than it is in the UK.  If anyone in the UK knows otherwise, please let me know.

Thanks.