General Comments

70 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / General Comments
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Jerry Andrus Comment
1956
Andrus Deals You In
85
Alex Elmsley Work in Progress faro mathematics, defining Out- and In-Faro, then the Binary Translocations:
  • 1) to bring top card to any position with faros
  • 2) to bring card to top with 2^x cards
  • 3) edge-marked deck with 2^x cards, bringing any card to top
Related toAlso published here Sep. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 11)
21
Edward Marlo The Backward Faro out-jogging every other card, with some properties, also for setting up for a "false" shuffle
Related toVariations Dec. 1957
Ibidem (Issue 12)
4
Edward Marlo The Faro Shuffle
1958
The Faro Shuffle
1
Edward Marlo Faro Aids
  • The Rock and Reweave
  • Fan Spread and Weave
  • Resquaring the Packets (three methods)
  • Cutting at 26
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
7
Edward Marlo Observations faro as a false shuffle and other comments
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
34
Edward Marlo Faro Notes
1958
Faro Notes
1
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Favorites on doing table and in the hand faros and John Scarne doing a one-handed faro
 		Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
12
Edward Marlo Faro Straddle Shuffle definition of in and out for an odd deck
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
3
Edward Marlo The Clocked Faro tips to speed up consecutive faros
 		1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
4
Karl Fulves Definition of Terms for faro transforms, Example 1-6
 		1969
Faro & Riffle Technique (Issue Faro Techniques)
5
Karl Fulves Introduction
1971
More Faro Fantasy
4
Karl Fulves Klondike Notes substituting faro for Klondike shuffle and the other way around, e.g. in references
Related to 1971
The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes
5
Jerry Andrus The Farro Shuffle sanding the edges to facilitate faro shuffle & explanation of faro technique
 		1973
Kurious Kards
9
S. Brent Morris Introduction
1974
Permutations by Cutting and Shuffling
1
Roger Smith The Faro Sorcery trilogy #1 with list of faro related publications
 		1975
The Faro Sorcery Trilogy — Number 1
1
Charles Hudson On Faro Felon notes on the faro shuffle
Related to Feb. 1976
Pabular (Vol. 2 No. 6)
217
Alex Elmsley In and Out Terminology
1977
Faro Concepts
2
Karl Fulves The Theoretical Faro definition of IO and OI as an entity and properties of IO- and OI-sequences
  • The Conjugate Pair Faro
  • The Inverted Conjugate Pair Faro
Related to 1979
Faro Possibilities
6
Juan Tamariz Idea con la Mezcla Faro idea combining faro shuffle with the Multeffect deck
 		1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
73
Roy Walton General Notes on Weave Shuffles
1981
The Complete Walton — Volume 1
194
Jon Racherbaumer Faro Finesse historical comments
 		1982
Card Finesse
146
Jeff Busby History of the Faro Shuffle
May 1982
Epoptica (Issue 1)
41
Karl Fulves Mechanical Faro shaving the ends to make faros easier
Related to 1986
The Return Trip
20
Edward Marlo On Ins and Outs
1989
So Soon?
26
Al Smith The Fingertip Shuffle on selling the faro shuffle for lay people
 		1991
Hot Stacks & Cold Decks
12
Jon Racherbaumer Piddlings & Pettifoggery - Revived and Revised on faro shuffling history, Karl Fulves vs Ed Marlo, credit information
Inspired by
  • Piddlings and Pettifoggery (published 1972)
 Dec. 1992
Racherbaumer Papers (Issue 2)
1
Leo Boudreau The Mind's Eye: Faro Foolery faro shuffle with eight cards, two fans
 		July 1992
Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 1)
10
Alex Elmsley Deck Preparation for Faro Shuffles sanding corners
Related to 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
295
Alex Elmsley Weave Corrections for Miscuts
  • Out-weave Correction
  • Out-weave Correction
  • In-weave Correction
  • In-weave Correction
Related to 1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
297
Alex Elmsley Out- and In-Weaves definition of terms
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
303
Karl Fulves Faro Fallacy cutting in half easier than cutting at twenty-six
 		1995
Setting Up Exercises
36
Roberto Giobbi The Faro Shuffle
1998
Card College — Volume 3
681
Faro Types glossary of the most common faro shuffle types
  • The Partial Faro
  • The In-Faro
  • The Out-Faro
  • The Straddle Faro
  • The Incomplete Faro
 		1998
Card College — Volume 3
691
S. Brent Morris Faro Foolery intro
 		Feb. 1998
Magic (Vol. 7 No. 6)
72
Barry Price The Faro Shuffle
  • What Is It That Attracts Magicians To The Faro Shuffle?
  • The Ins And Outs Of The Faro Shuffle
  • Caution, Please
 		2000
Escamotage 1
14
Harry Riser Chapter Three - In the Land of the Faro using only a single faro shuffle in faro tricks
 		2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
91
P. Howard Lyons Faro Credit faro reference, "An-Adept" (1850)
 		2006
Rara Avis
32
Fred Robinson On the Perfect Faro Shuffle various tips
Also published here 2009
The Magic of Fred Robinson
114
Patrick Page The Faro / Weave / Butt / Shuffle Si Stebbins to a deck where all pairs are toether
 		2011
Magic Page by Page
115
Jon Racherbaumer On the Slant
  • Incognito (David Eagleman, 2011)
  • No Ands, Ifs, or Butts (on the Tabled Faro, with actual riffling, Volitional Table Faro)
 		Sep. 2011
Genii (Vol. 74 No. 9)
13
Pepe Lirrojo La Mezcla Faro . ¿Qué es la mezcla faro? (what is the faro shuffle?)
  • Origen de la mezcla faro (origin of the faro shuffle)
  • Tecnicismos de la mezcla faro (technical terms of the faro shuffle)
  • Clasificación según como se realiza mezcla faro
 		2016
Panpharos
8
Pepe Lirrojo Trifaro brief, on the trifaro
 		2016
Panpharos
12
Pepe Lirrojo Antifaro en Mesa on the antifaro on the table
 		2016
Panpharos
13
Pepe Lirrojo Antifaro en Manos brief, on Christian Engblom's Antifaro
 		2016
Panpharos
13
Pepe Lirrojo Tipos de Mezcla Faro faro types
  • Faro Parcial (partial faro)
  • Faro Parcial con Residuo (partial faro with rest)
  • Faro Perfecta (perfect faro)
  • Modalidades de la Mezcla Faro Perfecta
  • Faro Interior (Faro In)
  • Faro Exterior (Faro Out)
  • Faro Encerrada (Straddle Faro)
  • Faro Incompleta (Incomplete Faro)
 		2016
Panpharos
13
Bob Farmer, Tony Kardyro Treating the Cards with cashmere bouquet soap and teflon powder, also for faro shuffles
Related to 2017
The Bammo Gaffus Maximus
56
Patrick G. Redford Tools for the Arranged Stack brief notes
  • Secretly Counting to Cards Positions
  • False Shuffling & False Cutting
  • "Messy" Faro Shuffle Technique
  • Removing/Replacing Cards
  • Keeping the Stack Out of Phase
 		2017
Temporarily Out of Order
60
Michał Kociołek Faro Shuffle references
 		2017
In Between
vii
Ryan Murray Prologue: The Faro Shuffle
2018
Curious Weaving
ix
Ryan Murray Properties of the faro shuffle
  • Cycling Order
  • Controlling a Card to any Position
 		2018
Curious Weaving
x
Ryan Murray Technique preliminary remarks
 		2018
Curious Weaving
xiii
Ryan Murray Making the In-Hands Faro Look Natural
2018
Curious Weaving
xvii
Ryan Murray Further Variations
2018
Curious Weaving
xxiii
Ryan Murray Related Technique and Applications chapter intro
 		2018
Curious Weaving
19
Ryan Murray Final Thoughts
2018
Curious Weaving
47
Tom Gagnon Soaping the Faro
Inspired byRelated to 2019
Gagnon Unfiltered
339
Patrick G. Redford Faro Techniques 52-Card Straddle Faro Technique
Slip Cut Combo
Redfish Shuffle
 		2019
Sleightly Out Of Order
164
Steve Forte Classification
  • off-the-table
  • top to bottom
  • bottom to top
  • riffle faro
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
257
Steve Forte The Faro Process general comments and rules regarding faro stacking
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
258
Greg Chapman Technique, Theory and Applications discussion of the faro shuffle
  • Quality and Condition of Cards
  • Regular Cut vs Traditional Cut Cards
  • Full and Partial Shuffle
  • In the Hands vs Tabled Faro
  • In-Faro vs Out-Faro
  • Straddle-Faro
  • How to Learn and Practice the Faro Shuffle
  • Top-down vs Bottom-up
 		2020
Faro Fundamentals
11
Greg Chapman Adjustments to Correct Estimation Errors without Elmsley mention
  • Adjustment - for one card too many in the top packet during an out-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too few in the top packet during and out-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too many in the top packet during an in-faro
  • Adjustment - for one card too few in the top packet during and in-faro
Related to 2020
Faro Fundamentals
21
Greg Chapman Splitting 26/26 - Stacked Deck and Key Card Peeks
2020
Faro Fundamentals
26
Greg Chapman The Faro Shuffle and the Stacked Deck short comment on quartets and Si Stebbins
 		2020
Faro Fundamentals
36
Greg Chapman To Bring Multiple Cards to Specific Positions short note
 		2020
Faro Fundamentals
36
Greg Chapman A Difficult Sleight
2020
Faro Fundamentals
41
Greg Chapman Faro Shuffle Philosophy
2020
Faro Fundamentals
41
Greg Chapman More Faro Descriptions, Theory, Techniques and Routines a few faro references
 		2020
Faro Fundamentals
43
Tony Kardyro Preparing a Faro Deck soap on edges
 		2022
Bammo Tricks of the Trade
6
Roberto Giobbi Travel Memories faro anecdote
 		2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue May 12)
144