Shuffling and chip tricks (1 Viewer)

[liftapint]

OK, so I sit in meetings and can't stop spinning my pencil. But I haven't the first clue how to shuffle poker chips or do any chip tricks. Hopefully it is OK to admit that here, I am among friends, right?

I have attempted to learn some pretty basic chip flip tricks, but I end up flinging chips all over the place. It does NOT come easily to me, that is for sure.

How did you learn to shuffle chips? And was it easy right from the start? Is it easier to learn with near mint, or with casino used bicycle tires?

 

[Mr Tree]

I would think the casino used would be easier practice. Don't start with a ton. Just like 8 or so then add more when you have it down. Just sit and practice, that's really all there is to shuffling.

 

[ledge4131]

You are better off starting with the bicycle tires. They are easier to handle. Near mint chips are very difficult to get the hang of when you are learning how to shuffle.

It wasn't easy from the start, but get easier the more that you practice. There are lots of YouTube video's to help you learn.

Best of luck!

 

[David O]

You Tube! Just do it!

 

[spikeithard]

Watched some youtube videos. I first learned the chip flip and got that in about 5 min and then I went on to the 3 chip, drop one down and twirl it around and then put itback up. That took about just over an hour of practice. Then I worked on the knuckle roll. This one is tough - still perfecting it 2 years later.

sadly most the youtube clips are dice chips

 

[Poker Zombie]

If you are learning to do the standard "chip shuffle" using a padded table helps immensely.

I "developed" my own "trick", the chip-snap. Not so much a trick as it is flipping a single chip on top of a stack and pinching my finger between the stack and the flipped chip. I continue to apply pressure and slide my finger out until the chip "snaps" onto the stack. It's not so much a trick, as it is a really loud and annoying sound. Best part is, when you develop your own trick, nobody knows you did it wrong unless your chips wind up scattered about the room.

 

[MoscowRadio]

When I started learning to shuffle chips, I found that I learned with my left hand much quicker than my right (which is my dominant hand). It wasn't until years later that I made myself learn to shuffle using both hands.

 

[Puggy]

When I started learning to shuffle chips, I found that I learned with my left hand much quicker than my right (which is my dominant hand). It wasn't until years later that I made myself learn to shuffle using both hands.

Double barrelling is very nice .
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And as said, use padded table. Or sofa is good also when first start practising

 

[MoscowRadio]

Double barrelling is very nice .
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And as said, use padded table. Or sofa is good also when first start practising

I practiced shuffling on a soft surface for sure. Even carpet helps. Shuffling chips is incredibly habit-forming though. Once you start you won't be able to stop. Sometimes I make prop-bets with some of the players in our cash games and the first one to shuffle their chips loses. It's always me.

 

[Ben]

Don't use bicycle tires if you can help it - they're easier than mint, but something decently used but not wafer-ish is the best. Do you have any Tropicana $5s yet? Those may be the easiest shufflers I've ever handled. Padding is essential.