Kem Index question.

[JKmail24]

I recently bought two decks of wide Kems that have an index which features a lower top left pip on the A through 9 in each direction as well as four pips on the aces. The 10 through K pips are the same as regular index. These cards look like they are meant to be used for casino blackjack games which use a mirror to check the hole card. What is the proper name for this index? I have found it referred to as "poker index" and "guardian index" on different sites, but both of these don't seem to be right. Do people actually like to use this index for poker? It seems to me it would be annoying to have your card pips at different levels, and the need to lift your cards a little further to see them could be a tell...Why do so many wide Kems have this index?

[tubalkain]

Poker index is completely wrong. Some of the proper terms for this kind of face is Tech Art or Guardian if they're regular sized index, or Sentinel Security if they're jumbo index.

[JKmail24]

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Does anyone actually prefer to use this style of cards? Why are so many Kems made this way?

[playersare]

the fact that they are wide size means there were for sure produced for blackjack games, and are thus printed with tech art faces.

the majority of b&m cardrooms use bridge or narrow size to deal poker.

[BigBaitsim (milo)]

Every cardroom I've played in that uses KEMs, uses the narrow cards with regular index. At my home game, populated by forty-somethings, the players prefer the super-index cards with the big numbers on them. [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]