Butterfly

        The butterfly chip trick is one of the most difficult poker chip tricks you can perform.  The only chip trick I know of that's harder to pull off is the muscle pass. It took me at least a week learn the butterfly chip trick.  It was at least a month before I could do butterfly consistently and make it look somewhat smooth.  This should be one of the last chip tricks you learn. If the chip twirl is at all difficult for you, then get that chip trick down first before you attempt to learn the butterfly. People with small hands are really going to have a hard time with this chip trick as you have to stretch your fingers quite a bit.  I had sore fingers the first week or two I practiced the butterfly.

        Two variations of the butterfly chip trick exist. You can begin by either letting the middle two chips slide down, or you can let the front two chips drop down. Sliding the front two poker chips down is easier in my opinion, so that's the way I'll teach show you the chip trick. If you'd to learn how to do the butterfly chip trick by lowering the middle two chips, loosen the outer two chips with your thumb, and then pull them up while dropping the center chips.

STEP 1

Begin by holding four poker chips as shown above. The starting hand position for the butterfly chip trick is exactly the same as that in the thumb flip.  Place your thumb at the base of the stack, touching the two chips

STEP 2

Lift the two inside chips nearest your palm up with your thumb.  At the same time guide the front two poker chips down onto your pinky finger.  As the two chips roll onto your pinky finger, move your ring finger up around the edge of the chips so that it is almost opposite your pinky finger. Using your middle finger, adjust the lower two chips into the correct position.

STEP 3

Once you are able to hold both sets of chips without using your middle finger, bring your middle finger down between both sets of poker chips as shown above. Rest both pairs of chips on your middle finger while applying moderate pressure.  At this point in the chip trick, your thumb and pinky fingers should either touch, or almost be touching your middle finger.  Your hand position should look similar to that in the above picture

STEP 4

This is by far the most difficult part of the butterfly chip trick, fanning the chips out. Using your thumb slide the top back chip nearest your palm up. At the same time using your pinky finger, slide the lower front chip farthest from your palm down and out. While you do this, move your middle finger back at the same time which will fan the chips out as shown above.

Reverse the actions to bring the chips back together again.  Slide your pinky and thumb fingers back bringing the four poker chips together into two sets of chips. Then move your middle finger up and out of the way, allowing you to combine the two sets of chips back into one.

The butterfly chip trick takes a long time and a lot of practice before you can perform it consistently.  If it seems impossible at first, just set your chips down and go do something else.  Try again the next day and it will seem a little bit easier. Try not to become too discouraged and understand that everyone has a hard time learning the butterfly.
 

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