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Poker Chip Tricks
by Jerry "Jet" Whittaker
May 25,
2007
What are poker chips?
Poker chips are the fabricated coins that are provided
to the gambler by the club in exchange of the money he
pays them. The betting and gambling is carried out not
with money directly but with these poker chips. These
are manufactured by high pressure compressors and hold a
number of signs and intricate structures on them that
signify its amount. The people at casinos use a number
of tricks and tactics to gain these poker chips. The
game of gambling is not at all spicy without these hand
tricks that are used to retain or collect poker chips.
These also add a showy touch to the game.
Poker chip tricks
Over the years a number of poker chip tricks have been
devised to make the game more interesting and fun. The
Mexican jumping chip is a method in which the chip is
made to move from one stack to another with a little bit
of shuffling. The stack should approximately contain
eight chips. The twirl flick can be performed with three
chips itself. The coin is thrown in air on one end and
then rolled over the body and caught by the opposite
hand. The bounce back technique is a simple stunt in
which the player bounces the chip with a backspin and
then once it hits a soft surface, it pounces back in his
hand and till then he gets a chance to catch and keep
the previous and the next poker chip. The drifter
technique is easy as one just spins it backwards on the
surface itself and coin goes ahead and comes back to
you. The chip shuffle is a matter of manual dexterity
which is performed by maximum number of poker players.
The top spin is a deed that needs to be performed very
skillfully. The chip needs to spin round and should
rest against the edge in a standing position. The around
the clock is a simple way to woo the crowd. One has to
rotate the chip on one’s index finger and in a fraction
of second it should be put back into its place. The
abduction in poker is done by many. A chip is taken out
from bottom and placed on the top to increase the value
of the stack. These are a few famous poker chip tricks
and there are many more which are performed by amateurs.
Conclusion
The poker chip
tricks are an excellent way to promote poker and add
that tinge of excitement that throws bait towards the
non-playing customers. It adds glitter and glamour to
the game and in turn makes poker an all-time favorite.
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