Why Poker Players Do Chip Tricks at the Table

[ben32]

one thing you dont have to worry about online.

[bigpick76]

i like to do chip tricks at the table but just for the sound for me theres somethin about walkin into harrah's poker room knowing your getting close to the action from the sound of chips clicking escalating............it just does somethin to me........even when i play online i keep a stack of 20 chips just to shuffle and play with i just love the sound

[willie beaman]

A lot of people tend to do chip tricks at the table to show they have experience at playing poker. Bordom also plays a role in performing the tricks as well as showboating.

[milenky]

Originally Posted by cablegator

I don't mean to sound too radical here but, there is one sound reason I personally don't often do "chip tricks". It is the same reason that I like to visit several different casinos and card rooms. I play mostly live NL ring games of various different poker games and find that I fair very well when nobody knows me. I try to put out a very loose image while playing a very solid game. However, when I finally get the table playing loose and chasing everything, then bust 2 or 3 people they tend to remember getting busted and by whom, thereby limiting the amount of action I can get for a while. It is far more profitable in the short run if everybody thinks you are just another newbie sucker, it puts their "calling reflex" in overdrive and the pot size soars. Fortunately with the popularity of poker today I can usually just stay away from a particular card room for a month and find a whole new crop of retards upon my return. In short, it is hard to play the role of Loose Agressive Donkey while you are shuffling 2 stacks of 40 chips in each hand.

Good point, I try to be as normal as possible and don't do any tricks and look like I'm just there for fun. sklansky writes about this in 'hold em for advanced players' i never really thought about it, when i was starting out.

[griz3232]

i think it starts to get pretty annoying afterawhile that clacking sound for 6 hours straight really starts to get to me even more than taking that inevitable bad beat

[Penny]

I think men do it because they cannot scratch or have the remote control ...

[Cobruto]

Personally I think there are more reasons.
1. Annoy people around them, so they will make wrong decissions.
2. Try to distract people, from the game.
3. Show that you are a good player, that played a lot of games.(what is not always true)

Cya, Cob

[silverstone]

i started doing it to be cool like my friends and now im just addicted and cant quit.

[mavss14]

Yes This Is Overrated!!!!!!!!! And Can Be Quite Annoying, You Ever Just Want To Take The Chips Away From The Person And Throw Them And Then Lyao

[sk8boyp]

Coz it becomes a habit and your hands have nothing to play with while you are not in the hand~ lol