Let’s start with one of the easiest poker chip tricks to learn, the Thumb Flip.  It involves flipping a poker chip over a small stack of chips using your thumb so it lands behind the other poker chips.

Begin by putting a few poker chips in a stack.  Turn the stack on its side and position it along the length of your middle finger.  Place your ring and index fingers on the sides of the poker chips for support.  Your middle finger will keep the stack from falling backwards.

Place your thumb at the base of the first poker chip and roll it on its edge up onto your index finger.  Apply force to the sides of the chip stack with your index and ring fingers to keep them in place.

When the poker chip is roughly half way above the other chips, start sliding it back in the direction of your palm.

Gravity will take over as the chip slides over the top of the other poker chips.

Your thumb is just guiding the poker chip at this point.  Use your index and ring fingers to increase the pressure on the chip stack so that the chips don’t fall while sliding the poker chip down behind the rest of the stack.

After the poker chip is behind the rest of the stack, use your thumb to push the poker chips forward and repeat the process.  When you are able to build up momentum the trick will become much easier.  This poker chip trick is hard to do slowly.  It becomes easier when are able to build up speed.  Ultimately you will be able to do more than a hundred repetitions without fail.