Whats your card guard?

[antnix]

Heres one for all you out there. What is your card guard?

Mine is in the shape of a poker chip. The centre is glass with a real 4 leaf clover inside.

[WarBwastardo]

I use a Gurkha.  Little bloke called Napei.  Tough as nails he is though.  Woe betide any dealer who mucks my cards prematurely.  This is him:

[rubertoe]

I use a minature budda!, but it is more a chip protector than a card protector, i tend to just use my hand!

I"m not religous but it is the perfect size and i probably do beleive in Karma!

Robbie

[Jon MW]

APAT Gold Medal    

[AMRN]

APAT Gold Medal    

show off!  

[Swinebag]

I just use a chip.

[justlikenegs]

Interesting. I personnaly have never used a card guard. Is it just me, or is there also alot of others out there who just dont put there cards past the muck line.?.?.?.? I mean humberto brenes and that shark, what a pillock!!

[Jon MW]

Some dealers might take your cards even if they"re behind the line.

And some tables don"t have a physical line.

[WarBwastardo]

Interesting. I personnaly have never used a card guard. Is it just me, or is there also alot of others out there who just dont put there cards past the muck line.?.?.?.? I mean humberto brenes and that shark, what a pillock!!

They"re a good idea to prevent dealers scooping up your cards accidentally.  The problem with them is you must remember to use them every hand.  A lot of players will not bother using their card protector if they"ve looked at their cards and have no intention of playing the hand, so it"s possible to gain a wee bit of information.  

[billyho10]

i personally dont use one (i had planned to use one of my apat medals but it just seems a bit to showy  ).
they do can come in handy when tables are self dealt. I often deal at my local casino and have on two occasions accidently mucked players hands, including muckin my own when i had called an all in by santino67!!! that was embarrasing   im with rob though i think a chip would suffice

[Jon MW]

... i had planned to use one of my apat medals but it just seems a bit to showy  ...

It"s good marketing for APAT as well, as long as you"re playing with people who are at the very least slightly interested in what the medal was for.

[HaworthBantam]

.......(i had planned to use one of my apat medals but it just seems a bit to showy  ).....

Indeed  

[HaworthBantam]

... i had planned to use one of my apat medals but it just seems a bit to showy  ...

It"s good marketing for APAT as well, as long as you"re playing with people who are at the very least slightly interested in what the medal was for.

Personally, I think APAT shirts are better for marketing APAT, rather than the medals - the shirts being within the grasp of mere mortals such as I  

Not so sure that the shirt makes such a good card guard though......

[mrmacacan]

Mine is Glass rectangle.

Etched with;

Garage Poker Tour

MrMacacan.

Always use the card guard, but always make sure that I use it the same every hand.
It can give information if not used correctly.

I have seem many players lose their cards with no guard.
One big one, a player pushed all in with no cards, his cards had gone, he lost
all of his chips.

[Swinebag]

Some dealers might take your cards even if they"re behind the line.

Has happened to me

And some tables don"t have a physical line.

where I normally hold my cards.