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Old 05-15-2016, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by pokerplyr80 View Post
This debate seems to come up often and I agree with this for the most part. The difference between a 9 and 10 can seem arbitrary at best, especially when viewing scans online. But I'm sure a lot of people have tried to bump their 9s to 10s and many of these type of cards 9s out number 10s by huge ratios, 285 to 4 in the case of the Smith. Even with the 86 Jordan it's about 2400 to 240. A lot of 9s may have been bumped to 10s, but several times more have likely tried and failed.
Smith is a bit unusual because of centering issues. For many cards though, there is more going on than just the strict merits of the card.
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