How to Shuffle Poker Chips

You're playing in a major Texas Hold'em Poker Tournament. The player next to you, a poker pro, is doing a finger-to-finger-to-finger twirl. He hopes to break your concentration but you choose not to look. You raise and hope he bites on the move. In order to disrupt his thoughts you shuffle your chips, making just the right amount of noise to irritate him. You win the pot because of this distraction.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 8-10 heavier weight poker chips

1. Begin your training on a soft surface which has a little more give. Start with two stacks of 4 or 5 chips each.

2. Put the two stacks of chips side by side. If you are right-handed start with your middle finger and index finger on the outside of the left stack of chips. Put your pinky and ring finger on the right side. The thumb should be in the middle.

3. Slightly lift the left side of the right stack with the thumb, and at the same time lift as you are pushing the stacks together by squeezing your hand closed.

4. Move your thumb back to the right side of the right stack once the lift has begun, to aid in pushing the two stacks together.

5. Lift your hand up the pile once the first two fall into place.

6. Separate the single stack into two stacks by lifting off the top half of chips and begin again.

Tips & Warnings

• Use heavier weight chips not plastic ones.
• If you are left-handed, you will begin with your index finger and middle finger on the left side of the two stacks of chips, and your ring finger and pinky on the right. The thumb will be in the middle and then move to the outer left side.