nope, they aren't suction cups. They're just wood.
And, while i'm not going to exactly say how the flippers work (mostly because I couldn't write it

), the surgical tubing really isn't used except to keep the flappers from going down too far.
BTW: For our driver tryouts, the only thing we're testing for is to see who can play cards the best. They'll never need to touch the sticks.
