This is a mathematical based trick that is explained at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI7o95rGT9c. It is the revelation of two chosen cards using Jokers that were pre-set in the deck. I like good self working tricks and this is a good one. However I wanted to be able to perform it without having to use Jokers.
Continue reading “Variation on trick that fooled Pen and Teller”Faro stack from a cull
In playing around with the faro stack I started to set the five handed stack up with a cull, instead of “losing” the aces.
Continue reading “Faro stack from a cull”Faro stack for 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 hands, four aces
This was a “problem” I gave myself. Obviously you can stack four aces for a four handed game with two faro shuffles, but what if you want to deal a five handed game. Using my faro shuffle simulator I found a pattern that once the aces are in the correct locations a single faro out shuffle will stack them. (I used my faro shuffle simulator to work out the pattern)
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Effect:
The four aces are fairly inserted into the fanned deck, in different locations. The fan is closed and the deck is cut, then shuffled twice. At the completion of the second shuffle, all four aces are on the top of the deck.
Continue reading “Fan control”U.S. Playing Card Prediction
This is a prediction effect using a feature of some Bicycle Brand playing card decks. The decks that I purchase have two ways of showing a “prediction”. One of the advertising cards shows the King of Spades and the box show the Ten of Hearts. What follows is one way I use this as a prediction.
Sharps and Flats
by John Nevil Maskelyne
Most of the electronic copies of this book that I have found on line are not very readable, so I made my own copy. Click on the book to start reading.
Faro card control
In playing with the Faro Shuffle simulator I noticed that it takes only three faro shuffles to move the card that is seventh from the bottom of the deck to the top. I am sure that someone else has written about this, but here is my take on using that fact as a card control,
Continue reading “Faro card control”Faro Shuffle table for moving any card to any location
Below is a table showing patterns of Faro shuffles that will move a playing card from one location to another in a deck of 52 playing cards. This table was generated using the formulas in the paper “The Solutions to Elmsley’s Problem” by Persi Diaconis and Ron Graham (The Solutions to Elmsley’s Problem – Stanford University ).
Continue reading “Faro Shuffle table for moving any card to any location”Faro Table for moving cards from and to the top
In writing the Faro Simulator I used formulas for generating the in and out shuffle patterns needed to move cards from and to the top of the deck. These patterns can be seen when using the simulator but I thought it would be useful to see them all in a table.
Continue reading “Faro Table for moving cards from and to the top”Faro Shuffle Tutorial
The Faro shuffle is a shuffling technique that causes two packets of cards to interleave perfectly. That is to say that only one card at a time from each packet is released, alternating with one card from the other packet. It is a semi-automatic technique, meaning that when properly executed the cards weave together without any effort by the individual doing the shuffle. That said, it is a technique that an individual must master with factors such as the conditions of the cards, the grip of the packets, pressure and angles are also playing a role.
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