Top 10 Poker Chip Tricks
Here are the top 10 tricks you can do with poker or casino chips. Some chip tricks you might find easy and others really hard - we've rated the difficulty and visual effect.
The videos linked will show you how each trick is done. If you play online poker, have a go on PKR.com - it's a 3D, fully animated and completely unique poker room - and you can do loads of chip tricks!
Muscle Pass
One chip is squashed in the palm, pressure is applied to both sides, enough so that when released the chip is projected out of the hand and caught in the air with the other hand.
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Roll Down
Similar to the Butterfly, although the four chips start near the thumb and index finger, then three of the four chips roll down in between the next set of fingers, then two chips follow
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Butterfly
Four chips in one hand are split first into two, two chip piles (still in one hand) and are then spilt again into four chips spread out in one hand in between the fingers, just like a butterfly opening its wings.
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Chip Twirl
Usually with three chips, the middle chip drops down with the space kept between the other two, the dropped chip then makes a full rotation with the use of other fingers and is inserted back into the space.
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Caterpillar or Knuckle Roll
Also used with a coin, the edge of the chip is pinched in between the index and middle finger and is then flipped over each finger each time being pinched vertically; it passes through all fingers then is passed under the palm of the hand via the thumb and the cycles continues.
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Bounce
One chip is dropped near a chip stack and the chip bounces of the table onto the top of the chip pile.
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Chip Roll
Chips rolls out of one hand across the table into the palm of the other.
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Riffle or Shuffle
Two piles of chips getting shuffled evenly into one pile with the use of one hand.
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Finger or Thumb Up
Usually with 3 or 4 chips the front chip in the pile is pressed up and over to the back of the chip stack with the use of the thumb.
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The Switch
One chip is brought from the back of the chip pile to the front by using the index finger, the chip is pulled out sideways rather than over the top as with a Finger or Thumb Up.
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