Hello everyone!
I'm JJ from the UK, and I've been reading posts at this excellent forum from time to time... and so it was only a matter of time before I registered and started posting also!
I'm still relatively new to collecting playing cards (only got into it 12 months ago, and my collection isn't exactly huge (I've not counted them, but I've probably got around 200 decks at present). Whilst I do appreciate excellent design (I like decks by Encarded, Erik Mana, and Midnight Playing Card, just to name a few), my main interest lies in collecting decks with superior handling for gambling slights -- therefore I very much like traditionally cut decks, and borderless decks. I guess that's why from the big name companies, CARC/The Expert Playing Card Company are my favourite.
At present, my favourite decks to practice with are (in no particular order): Richard Turner's Gamblers deck, Exquisite by EPCC, and Richard Turner's traditionally cut Bee deck (I wish I had a few dozen of these!).
And finally, I just want to say that the knowledge of the people on this forum is incredible -- I've learnt a lot over the past month just by reading posts here. So thanks a lot!