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[QUOTE="vinnie, post: 3784719, member: 95995"]
I doubt anyone is saying they are unusable, but they have flaws which make them far from the best. Depending on your stakes and the group you play with, those issues might not be major concerns.

The flaws are related to the fact that they are relatively easy to mark, crimp, and damage in ways that are hard to avoid when dealing with some players. I have played with some players where a deck of bicycle cards barely lasted half an hour before it was looking pretty sorry. Wet drinks near or on the table soften edges. Cards get folded nearly in half by players checking their hands and during shuffles. It is hard, if not impossible, to distinguish the marks from carelessness and those from people attempting to cheat. In the end, it doesn't matter how that corner of the card got wet and a little dented, because now that it is I can know where the card is without too much effort.

Edit: Since the mid 2000s outside of state run or casino card rooms, I have never seen a paper deck in games higher than 50 cent blinds. And, the state run games rotate new decks in fairly often and immediately when a card defect is noted. Before then, the cheaper decks were the only ones I used, but all those games were small home games or college dorm and fraternity games.
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