Poker Chip Tricks Thumb Flip

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The thumb flip is probably the easiest chip trick you can learn to do. The only thing you need is to learn how to hold chips correctly and some practice, it shouldn’t take more than a day to »master«. But even dough it’s easy to learn, it still looks kind’a cool and also it’s pretty fun to do while at a poker table. So let’s see how it’s done…

Step 1.

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First you need to hold your chips correctly. Just put them between your index, middle and ring fingers like you see on the picture:

Step 2.

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  • Rolling a poker chip from one finger to another is pretty easy. But what about rolling 2 poker chips? This tutorial teaches you how to do the knuckle roll with both one and two poker chips. Impress your friends and intimidate your opponents at the poker table with the knuckle roll poker chip trick. With this how to video and a bit of practice you will be able to do the poker chip knuckle roll.
  • The trick is done by using the pads on your palm near your thumb to shoot the coin up into the air. Open your dominant hand and study your palm. Notice the padded area at the base of your thumb. This is the magic spot where you will place the coin. Grab a larger coin like a half-dollar or even a poker chip.
  • The Thumb Flip Tricks (Front to Back Poker Chip Trick) It is done with 4 to 5 Poker Chips following these steps: 1. Get your 4 to 5 poker chips and lined it up in a row in your hands. Grip your chips with your index and ring finger, your middle finger will serves as the back-stop to prevent the chips.

Now use your thumb to pull the front chip over the others and place it at the back of the stack like this:

A Video in the SKD1337 tutorial series. Rough and Unedited but it gets the job done, check the rest out on my page!

Step 3.

When you got the chip over the stack and in the back, your thumb should be placed on the surface of that chip. Use your thumb to push the stack forward to make up for the missing space of that chip. Like this:

Step 4.

Repeat! Once you get the hang of it you should be able to do thumb flips smoothly one after the other, so just practice, practice, practice.

Useful tips:

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  • Sweaty hands are not your friends!
  • Practice with 3 chips first and add more once you get better at it.

Enjoy thumb flipping!

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Back to front chip trick might look easy, but it’s actually pretty darn difficult to learn (at least it was for me). The best thing you can do is to learn the thumb flip first and then move on to this one, becouse it requires a lot of the same skills.

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OK, let’s get started, step by step…

Step 1.

First thing you should do is hold your chips correctly. The hold is the same as when you’re doing a thumb flip and it should look like this:

Step 2.

Now place your pinky at the bottom of the chip closest to your palm and use your thumb to roll it away from the other chips. At this point you should be holding that single chip with your thumb and pinky, and the other chips with your ring, index and middle fingers.

Step 3.

If you haven’t broken your fingers yet, you will now. Here’s the tough part… bend your index, middle and ring fingers backwards twoards your palm while keeping your pinky and thumb still. Once the single chip is further away from your palm than the rest, use your thumb and pinky to slide it infront of the other chips and you are done!

Useful tips:

  • Practice with 3 chips first.
  • Try simultaniously bending your index, middle and ring fingers twoards your palm without chips a few times so you’ll get the feel for it.

Enjoy!

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