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Combinations and The Art of Stacking

By FlipJumper | November 15, 2007

One of the keys to doing a successful Chip Flip Jump Combination is the pre-flip stacking. You generally need to drop the first stack tight, or with little overhang, and then each successive stack looser, with more overhang. It also helps to really ‘drop’ the chips as you’re stacking them, as it tends to ‘set’ the stack better to prevent movement. Ideally, you don’t want the Base to move during the jumps.

Pullovers

When an attempted combination jumps more than the expected number of chips, I call it a Pullover. For example, when trying to do a 161-242 and both Jumper stacks flip over at once, you end up with a 341 Pullover. This is the easiest mistake to make, and is usually caused by careless stacking.

Double Combos

The easiest combination to do is the classic 1-2 double. On the first jump you’ve got a Jumper1, and on the second a Jumper2. The following video shows three variations using the same number of jumping chips: The classic 1-2 Double, then the Under & Back, and the Thumb-Slide Double Turnover.

Chip Flip Jumps on the video: 3 Double Combinations - 0:22
161-242, 161u-242 and ts1-161t-242t

3 Double Combinations - 0:22

Triple Combos

Stacking for a triple flip jump takes a little more care, with the first Jumper stacked very tight, and the next two getting looser. You really want to ‘set’ the first two stacks so they don’t move. Following are two classic 1-2-3 Trip Flip Jumps, one using ten chips and a harder version using eight, finishing with a 314.

Chip Flip Jumps on the video: 1-2-3 Trip Flip Jumps - 0:24
181-262-334 and 161-242-314

1-2-3 Trip Flip Jumps - 0:24

Quad Combos

I’ve not yet been able to pull off a successful 1-handed quad flip jump, although I haven’t tried very hard. However, a two-handed quad is not very hard at all, and the stacking can be rather loose since you’re going off in opposite directions with each flip jump.

Chip Flip Jumps on the video: 2-Hand Quad - 0:17
171l-161r-242l-222r

2-Hand Quad – 0:17

Reverse Combo

And then there’s the backward or reverse way of doing a combination. Here you do a fatter Jumper before a skinny one. You need to stack the first Jumper real tight and the second very loose or you’ll get a Pullover for sure.

Chip Flip Jumps on the video: Reverse Double Combo - 0:17
251-143

Reverse Double Combo – 0:17

As you can see, a huge number of variations are possible when you start doing combinations. I’ve only just begun to explore the outer limits.

Topics: Flip Jumps | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Combinations and The Art of Stacking”

curtom Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
Never seen this one at the tables. I will have to introduce it next weekend at the tournament.
FlipJumper Says:
December 7th, 2007 at 10:35 pm
Cool. I hope all the folks are impressed and start doing it too. Good luck, do really well in the tourney.