Chip Tricks?

[x087800]

Can anybody tell me of any good chip tricks and how to do them?


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[Edward Hutchison]

Chip tricks?

Well, I do the coin roll (sometimes called the knuckle roll) using either a
chip or a casino token. I learned to do this years ago as a result of an
interest in magic. It ain't easy.

Having spent many hours at a poker table, I have also learned to shuffle a
stack of up to 28 chips. I would guess the average person could learn to
shuffle 10 or 12 chips with just a few hours of practice. Then again, I have
seen people who have tried repeatedly and just can't seem to get the hang of
it.

The simplest trick to learn is to put one chip down and then take a stack of
chips and bounce them one at a time from the felt on to the chip(s) until the
stack is 15 or 20 chips high. It will take awhile to get a tall stack built
but very little time to stack several chips. Despite the relative ease with
which this trick can be learned, it looks like a minor miracle to the
uninitiated.

A common trick, which many people learn effortlessly, took me a long time to
get down pat. It is difficult to describe, but it involves holding a stack of
five or six chips in one hand and bringing the bottom chip of the stack to the
top. Most people find this easy. But not me. Obviously, everyone is different
and your mileage may vary with any of these tricks.

As I prefer food with my meals I am a very tight player. Thus I have a lot of
spare time at the table in which to do silly things with chips. I'm sure that
these tricks represent nothing so much as a misspent youth.

Incidentally, it would be interesting to speculate upon the effect such stunts
might have on your opponents. I can think of arguments in favor of not doing
anything to suggest familiarity with the game and arguments in favor of making
your opponents think you are experienced.



Edward Hutchison
Madison, MS

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[Edward Hutchison]

I sent the following via email but it bounced. Maybe someone else cares, so
here 'tis.



Chip tricks?

Well, I do the coin roll (sometimes called the knuckle roll) using either a
chip or a casino token. I learned to do this years ago as a result of an
interest in magic. It ain't easy.

Having spent many hours at a poker table, I have also learned to shuffle a
stack of up to 28 chips. I would guess the average person could learn to
shuffle 10 or 12 chips with just a few hours of practice. Then again, I have
seen people who have tried repeatedly and just can't seem to get the hang of
it.

The simplest trick to learn is to put one chip down and then take a stack of
chips and bounce them one at a time from the felt on to the chip(s) until the
stack is 15 or 20 chips high. It will take awhile to get a tall stack built
but very little time to stack several chips. Despite the relative ease with
which this trick can be learned, it looks like a minor miracle to the
uninitiated.

A common trick, which many people learn effortlessly, took me a long time to
get down pat. It is difficult to describe, but it involves holding a stack of
five or six chips in one hand and bringing the bottom chip of the stack to the
top. Most people find this easy. But not me. Obviously, everyone is different
and your mileage may vary with any of these tricks.

As I prefer food with my meals I am a very tight player. Thus I have a lot of
spare time at the table in which to do silly things with chips. I'm sure that
these tricks represent nothing so much as a misspent youth.

Incidentally, it would be interesting to speculate upon the effect such stunts
might have on your opponents. I can think of arguments in favor of not doing
anything to suggest familiarity with the game and arguments in favor of making
your opponents think you are experienced.



Edward Hutchison
Madison, MS

Point systems for evaluating poker starting hands:
http://PokerProfessor.homestead.com/links.html

[golfman317]

Good post Edward. This is a topic that I have seen several times on this
forum over the past few weeks. Most likely due to the WSOP airing on
ESPN. I have heard the arguement that chip tricks are not important and
new players should focus primarly on improving their play. While I
believe this to be true, I also see how learning chip tricks adds to the
game. Not to mention it keeps the game fun while your are not in a hand.
And a player who is happy at the table will stay at the table.

-KC 317

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[CalDan]

On Aug 15 2003 10:14PM, x087800 wrote:

> Can anybody tell me of any good chip tricks and how to do them?
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I've been known to make an entire rack of chips disappear in a matter of
minutes. I'll leave it up to you to figure out how.

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