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Daniel Negreanu Among Those Taking Issue With New Modiano Decks at WSOP

When a player at the World Series of Poker says I don't like "my" cards, it sounds like just another rounder running bad and whining about it. When several top players get together on social media and say they don't like "the" cards, it's a whole other story.

The WSOP brought in a new card manufacturer to supply decks for the 2015 WSOP, an Italian company called Modiano, which makes 100 percent plastic playing cards constructed with its own proprietary platinum acetate. The company's website claims they are superior to competitors like Copag and Kem in "every aspect worthy of merit.