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The Zeros and Tiddlys, Sharpies and Rounders

By FlipJumper | January 21, 2008

Paulson World 500 chip
Photo by Randy Morse

I didn’t think the Zeros were possible until I bought some New Paulson poker chips. By Zeros, I mean a Chip Flip Jump poker chip trick done without a Base stack. It’s only possible to do with chips that have a very sharp edge, (which I call Sharpies). Most chips don’t have a sharp enough edge, and some even have a very rounded or beveled edge, (I call all of these Rounders).

The 101 Test

The simplest way to see which type chips you have is to do the ‘101 Test’. If you’re able to do it, the chips are Sharpies, if not, they’re Rounders, which end up doing what I call a Tiddly, named after the game Tiddlywinks.

The first video below shows four types of chips doing the ‘101 Test’.

New Paulson chips - Sharpies which can do a 101 with no problem.
Used Paulson chips from my local Chumash casino - Occasionally you can pull off a 101, but not consistently. They’ve become Rounders due to heavy use and machine cleaning..
Chipco Ceramic chips - Have a very rounded edge and do Tiddlys only, with an occasional front flip.
Common Composite chips - Have a beveled edge and do Tiddlys only, and are almost controllable.

101 Test - 1:15

The Other Zero

Since a flip jump with no Jumper isn’t really a flip jump at all, (except maybe in your imagination), the only other Zero would be done with no Catcher stack.

The 420 example in the next video is really more of a Finger Flip Jump than a Chip Flip Jump, since you flip the Jumpers off the Base with your finger, and you don’t catch them. It’s not hard to do, and is usually done around here when it’s ‘break time’.