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My 1st Flip Jump - The Mexican Jumping Chip

By FlipJumper | October 2, 2007

I first saw the “Mexican Jumping Chip” poker chip trick, introduced by Benji “the Ace” Jaimes, at PokerChipTricks.com. It was really easy to do, and, frankly, not very impressive at first. It seemed so simplistic. That’s why I think most people who try it, do a one chip jump a few times, and then move on to another trick.

It was only when I started exploring the different possibilities that this trick became much more interesting. Jumping more than one chip, doing combinations without re-stacking and trying things I didn’t think were possible continue to be really fun.

(You’ll need to read the “Basics – Describing Flip Jumps” to understand the meaning of the strange numbers below)

I’ve found several other examples of the “Mexican Jumping Chip” using a Google search:

Here’s an interesting animation of a 132. It goes forward and then in reverse back to the start.
The Eman does what looks to be a 1A9 using classic Paulson chips.
Pr0faker on YouTube does two 1D4h jumps, (and a couple of wonderfully planned fumbles).
And finally pokerkid207, also on YouTube, works down what looks like a 1G4, 1F5 and 1E6.

It’s great, everyone has a different idea about one of the most basic Chip Flip Jumps. There were many more sites listed in the search, but they began to refer back to the above examples.

Here’s my take on working one chip down a stack six times: 1 Down 6 - 0:26
161, 152, 143, 134, 125 and 116. Three Divers and three Climbers.

1 Down 6 - 0:26