Chip Tricks Rant
 

OK...so you can shuffle your chips...you can do the pullover, the sweep, the finger flip, the thumb flip, the Johnny Chan, the Switch, The Pickover, The Bounce, and the Chip Roll. You can even do the Twirl, and the friggin' Knuckle Roll. Great. Now leave it off the tables.
Now, if you want to show your friends at home and amaze your family, fine. But why do you insist on pulling these out at the casino? All you can ever hear now at the table is people shuffling their chips. Its annoying and its unnecessary. Its a damn poker game, why are you bouncing your chips from one hand to another or twirling them in your hand while you sit there for 3 minutes and(apparently) ponder calling that 5 dollar bet? Just fold you SOB. Or call, or raise. Dont play it up..dont dramatize it..dont keep us in suspense. Just do it.
Maybe you'd like it if next time youre waiting on me to make a big decision in a pot against you, you look over and Ive decided to put together a model railroad while i think about it...Or maybe ill amaze you by (apparently) ripping a 20 dollar bill in pieces and it magically reappearing in my hand?
Bottom line...no need for the tricks...earn respect by playing well. Dont take more time making a decision than you need to. Just c/r/f. And when were done we can go to a bar and you can teach me how to do the damn Butterfly...

MDoranD

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New to the game?

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All you can ever hear now at the table is people shuffling their chips. Its annoying and its unnecessary.

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You mean there was a different sound before? This is all I remember ever hearing on a consistent basis.

b

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See, the problem with your post is that you started your rant with chip shuffling, which everyone does, more as a nervous habit than anything else, when it seems like you really want to tear the heads off the more flamboyant chip tricks.

Is it possible that you are the one player at the table who can't chip shuffle, and are maybe a teensy bit jealous?

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Is it possible that you are the one player at the table who can't chip shuffle, and are maybe a teensy bit jealous?

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I knew that was coming...and I figured all the comments would be sarcastic. I guess I should change the name of the post to "Stop stalling, Hollywood". This is my main issue. Just act, dont sit there and take all day over small decisions. The chip tricks just seem to come out while someone stares you down doing tricks for 4 minutes over a 10 dollar decision.

MDoranD

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I tried amazing my family by shuffling chips at the dinner table, it didn't work [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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If you are a winning player then you must realize that all these chip tricks and drama are bringing great customers to the game. Great customers who are paying a big edge for the pleasure of acting out their TV fantasy against you.

If you want to offer them a cold hard transactional experience stick to online poker.

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How people handle their chips is one of the best "tells" in all the world.

How people stack chips when they bet, how often people shuffle, how people shuffle when they are in a hand/ have monster/ ect... ect... ect...

I say play on with those chips and chip tricks.

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I guess I should change the name of the post to "Stop stalling, Hollywood". This is my main issue. Just act, dont sit there and take all day over small decisions. The chip tricks just seem to come out while someone stares you down doing tricks for 4 minutes over a 10 dollar decision.


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Now THIS I agree with.

b

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I usually don't do any tricks at the table except the chip shuffle, which in my mind, isen't really that much of a trick. I know other tricks but I rarely do them at the table while I play.

I think chip tricks only intimidate weak players and not your average to expert player.

-HoldemPokerPLyr

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I guess I should change the name of the post to "Stop stalling, Hollywood". This is my main issue. Just act, dont sit there and take all day over small decisions. The chip tricks just seem to come out while someone stares you down doing tricks for 4 minutes over a 10 dollar decision.


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Now THIS I agree with.

b

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On a side note... I live in LA and have notice a lot of aspiring actors are migrating to aspiring poker players?

Any thoughts.