Vincent,
So around 12 feet from the table? That's about the same as most of our pits.
We tried a number of cameras from Axis, Bosch, IndigoVision, Ganz and Geutebruck (Basler makes theirs). Ths Axis P33xx series gave the best image quality at very reasonable bitrates (~3-4Mbps). Bosch and IndigoVision cameras had AGC issues, which caused "washing out" of the card faces and excess noise, although IndigoVision provided a fix via a Telnet setting. Ganz and Geutebruck/Basler provided relatively low image quality because of noise and compression artifacts.
All 1080p cameras we tried had issues with our relatively low light levels and the increased pixel count didn't contribute anything to our ability to identify card suits or chips. They also had even more problems providing 30fps.