Bounce
Dutch Boyd is the only player I have seen do this trick. He did it during the chip tricks segment of the 2003 World Series of Poker. There isn’t anything exciting about the trick and it’s not very tough either. It’s just hard to perform it consistently. You may have heard it called the “chip bounce.”
Before you begin
Trick Difficulty - 2
Chips needed - 6 or more
Tutorial
To start the trick, place all but one of the chips in a stack on the table. Take the other chip in your hand.
This trick works best on a table with a surface that has some give to it, such as a felt poker table. The softer surface allows for a good bounce of the chip.
Hold the chip with your index finger and thumb so that it is perpendicular to the table. Tilt the top of the chip about 5-10 degrees in the direction of the stack of chips. Drop the chip so that it lands on its edge about an inch or two away from the stack. Because of the angle the chip was titled, it will bounce up and onto the stack…at least it will when it works.
This trick is all relative to the type of surface you are using. You may need to hold the chip higher off the table when dropping it or make it bounce a certain distance away from the stack for it to work. It’s really all just trial and error
Comment #10 by cory
October 25th, 2004 @ 11:29 PM
variation.. a way to add more to it is have a stack on your table and a stack in your hand and bounce one at a time out of the stack in your hand… as the stack on the table gets higher, you have adjust yout height
it wouldnt look “weak”
Comment #9 by Nick
October 25th, 2004 @ 10:20 PM
Jordan,
All you do is hold the chip at an angle to the table and drop it, hoping ot hits the table correctly and “jumps” onto the stack of chips. Getting the correct angle and distance to drop the chip is the hard part of the trick.
Comment #8 by jordan
October 25th, 2004 @ 10:14 PM
I think the video for this is useless because u cant see the hand and i am struggling with this. any1 with help please post it would be appreciated
Comment #7 by jrod
October 8th, 2004 @ 5:43 PM
this trick took me 3 tries. easy to do and fun. go impress your poker buds with it.
Comment #6 by Kevin
October 5th, 2004 @ 9:16 PM
This trick should be easy for anyone who is good at playing quarters (the drinking game where you bounce the quarter off the table and into a shot glass). It’s the same premise…and my guess is that whatever method worked for you then will work here as well, close far, high tilt, low tilt…
Comment #5 by Blake
October 5th, 2004 @ 7:16 PM
Ive found that i only have to drop the chip about a few millimeters from the stack on a harder surface for it to work; and this site is amazing; please include better photos and descriptions that use.. index at 1 or a clockface thumb at 11 and so on
Comment #4 by David
October 4th, 2004 @ 8:34 PM
i think that it would happen if you tilted it more than 10 degrees say maybe like 15-20 degrees
Comment #3 by Nick
October 4th, 2004 @ 5:44 PM
That sounds sweet, but I’d think it would be very hard to reproduce on a consistent basis.
Comment #2 by Phil
October 4th, 2004 @ 5:40 PM
I was messing around with this trick on a felt surface and one of my mistakes turned into a goldmine. It bounced from one side over to the other bounced again on the felt and went on. I was not able to repeat this success, but if anyone can find a technique then it would be greatly appreciated
Comment #1 by Jarret
October 1st, 2004 @ 5:39 AM
This trick is cheap it took me 15 min’s to learn it. It would be cooler if you held about 6 chips in each hand and dropped them in an alternating fashion (right left, right left) to make a 12-chip stack. Try it!