Finger Flip
Dutch Boyd made this trick popular during the 2003 World Series of Poker in a segment aired on chip tricks. The finger chip flip is similar to the thumb chip flip, so be sure to learn it first. Other names for the trick may be “index chip flip,” “index flip,” “finger chip flip,” or “front to back.”
Before you begin
Trick Difficulty - 1
Chips needed - 3
Tutorial
Setup the trick by holding the edges of the three chips with your thumb and index finger. Your grip should be slightly above the equator of the chips, which means you’ll need to apply a bit more pressure to have a firm hold on them.
To get started, raise your ring finger so that it is just under the index finger. Pull the middle finger back out of the way for now. With the ring finger, ease the inner two chips down and away from the index finger. Keep holding the remaining chip with the thumb and index finger. As the two chips get halfway past the single chip, the middle finger comes in where the two groups of chips meet.
If your middle finger is in the correct position, you could actually hold all three chips in place with nothing but the thumb and middle finger. This will also help you to get a sense for the amount of pressure that needs to be applied with the middle finger.
The index finger should almost be at the top of the single chip at this point. Pull the index finger over the top of the other two chips and the chip will follow. As the chip falls, use the index finger to guide it into position.
To help out, position the pinky finger in the gap between the thumb and ring finger. This will prevent the single chip from falling out past the other two.
Comment #34 by Serwa
March 18th, 2006 @ 2:44 PM
If you spice this one up a lot you can get some ‘aw’. Bring it up to 4 chips and try flipping 2. Once you master that in your dominant hand, switch hands. Once you master that it should only take a couple tries to be able to do it in both hands at the same time. After that learn to do in your nondominant hand without thinking about it that way you dont have to stop the trick while counting out chips or you can add a diffrent trick in your main hand. Duel tricks can usually impress a few people.
Comment #33 by dave
September 7th, 2005 @ 10:58 PM
i mastered the thumbflip first which took quite a while to do it 5+ times. when i tried this took me 5mins. i am able to do the trick without using the middle finger to hold the chips when flipping.
Comment #32 by schwarzy65
August 24th, 2005 @ 6:30 PM
I got this trick fine in less than 10 minutes. It helped already knowing the thumb flip, because it’s pretty much the same, just dragging the chip over with your index rather than rolling it over with your thumb. I also found, that it was easier to not use my middle finger or my pinky, and just grip the back two chips with my thumb and ring fingers and the front with my index and thumb.
Comment #31 by braydon
August 16th, 2005 @ 11:28 PM
this is a ahrd trick i can do the others teh bounce thumb flip chip twirl but i still cant do this once