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The Faro is a technique of shuffling that is easy to learn, but incredibly difficult to master. The faro shuffle starts out by the magician splitting the deck into equal halves, holding one in each hand. He then, with his thumbs inwards, lifts the inside edge of each packet and releases them so that the cards interlock with each other. The cards are then pushed into each other, optionally by a move called the bridge where the two interlocked halves are bent upwards in an arc and then slowly released causing the cards on the inside to jump into position over top of one another.
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The [[Faro Shuffle]] is a technique of shuffling in which every other card is perfectly interlaced that is easier to learn than it seems.  
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A perfect [[Faro Shuffle]] starts out with the magician splitting the deck into equal halves, holding one in each hand. The inner corners are pressed together until the built-up pressure forces them to spring together and interweave.
  
 
If the shuffle is done perfectly, each stack will contain 26 cards and there will be no two cards from the same packet next to each other. This means that if you separated the blacks cards from the reds, and shuffled them in a perfect faro, there would be no two cards of the same color next each other.
 
If the shuffle is done perfectly, each stack will contain 26 cards and there will be no two cards from the same packet next to each other. This means that if you separated the blacks cards from the reds, and shuffled them in a perfect faro, there would be no two cards of the same color next each other.
  
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Because this shuffle technique can be executed at a very fast pace with relatively little practice, most people don't pursue the art of the “perfect faro.” There is simply not enough return for their effort. The secret most people don’t know about the faro shuffle, is that after eight perfect shuffles, the order of the deck returns exactly what it was before the shuffles. This seems impossible, and to most people, it is. But it is the hard, cold mathematics makes this work and create the illusion of a thoroughly shuffled when in fact nothing has been changed at all.  
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Eight perfect Faro Shuffles will return the deck to the same order in which it started. This seems impossible, but mathematics makes it work and create the illusion of a thoroughly shuffled when in fact nothing has been changed at all.
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There is a huge amount of literature in the magic world related to tricks with the [[Faro Shuffle]]. Some tricks require only one shuffle, such as [[Paul LePaul]]'s "[[Gymnastic Aces]]" and [[Ken Krenzel]]'s "[[Bullet Trick]]." Other tricks require several. Few require more than three or four. [[Edward Marlo]], [[Harry Lorayne]], and [[Harry Riser]] are among those who have published a great deal of information and tricks using the [[Faro Shuffle]].
  
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There is also another aspect of this shuffle that makes it appealing to illusionists: the fact that the top and the bottom couple of cards can be retained easily without any fancy finger work. All that is necessary is that the interlaced part of the shuffle doesn’t begin or end before the top and the bottom couple of cards. The top packet’s bottom cards are shuffled into that of the bottom packs top cards. This in, cohesion with some other false shuffles creates a beautiful illusion.
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:30, 24 November 2007

The Faro Shuffle is a technique of shuffling in which every other card is perfectly interlaced that is easier to learn than it seems.

A perfect Faro Shuffle starts out with the magician splitting the deck into equal halves, holding one in each hand. The inner corners are pressed together until the built-up pressure forces them to spring together and interweave.

If the shuffle is done perfectly, each stack will contain 26 cards and there will be no two cards from the same packet next to each other. This means that if you separated the blacks cards from the reds, and shuffled them in a perfect faro, there would be no two cards of the same color next each other.

Eight perfect Faro Shuffles will return the deck to the same order in which it started. This seems impossible, but mathematics makes it work and create the illusion of a thoroughly shuffled when in fact nothing has been changed at all.

There is a huge amount of literature in the magic world related to tricks with the Faro Shuffle. Some tricks require only one shuffle, such as Paul LePaul's "Gymnastic Aces" and Ken Krenzel's "Bullet Trick." Other tricks require several. Few require more than three or four. Edward Marlo, Harry Lorayne, and Harry Riser are among those who have published a great deal of information and tricks using the Faro Shuffle.

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