Fournier Playing Cards
150+ Years of Spanish Playing Card History
The History of Fournier
1870
Heraclio Fournier González settles in Vitoria, Spain and founds a small print shop. After a prosperous beginning employing innovative printing methods, he begins producing playing cards.
1887
After fulfilling his dream of having his own factory, Fournier takes on the adventure of twelve-colour lithographic decks — a remarkable technical achievement for the era.
1889
The quality and originality of Fournier's 12-colour lithographic decks earns several national and international awards.
1916
Despite the death of Heraclio Fournier, the company continues to grow under his descendants, becoming the absolute leader in the Spanish market.
1986
Now an international company specializing in the casino industry, Fournier and the USPCC join forces to form a duo of absolute leaders at world level.
Today
The company, operating as Naipes Heraclio Fournier, is part of Newell Brands (NYSE: NWL). Together with the United States Playing Card Company, Fournier holds a more than 35% share of the global playing card market.
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Excellent Quality
Poker Vision (or Poker Peek) tends to be a love-it-or-hate-it thing for card players. I think they look great when in the hole and look pretty bad while on the board. The design on the face is too busy when taken in all at once.
These cards are a little stiff but I tend to like stiffer cards. The texture feels perfect but the cards are a little slippery when shuffling. They have excellent travel while dealing and park just where I want them.
I listed the Poker Vision design as a con because of my personal feeling about it. To be fair though, you'd only buy these if you wanted that feature — in which case it wouldn't be a con to you.
What is Poker Vision / Poker Peek? The Fournier Poker Peek index places a large suit symbol in the corner of each card, optimized for lifting just the corner to read your hole cards. Many players love it for exactly this reason. It's a polarizing design — worth trying if you're curious.
Pros
- Amazing feel
- Great travel on the felt
- Great back design
Cons
- Poker Vision index is polarizing
- Price
| Type | Plastic |
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| Size | Poker |
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| Index | Large / Peek |
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| Pips | Two / Four |
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| Jokers | Three |
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| Made in | Spain |
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