Flip Jumps

Combinations and The Art of Stacking

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’ [...]

Single Flip Jumps – Divers, Climbers and Rollovers

Probably the most obvious observation most people make when they first see the Flip Jump is that Divers are easier to do than Climbers, since Divers go down and Climbers go up, with Rollovers kind of neutral going straight across. In addition to the sheer physics of going up instead of down, you need to [...]

My 1st Flip Jump – The Mexican Jumping Chip

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 [...]