Faro Stacking

77 entries in Cards / Sleights / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Faro Stacking
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Perfect Shuffle Stock using faro for alternating set-ups
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
149
Frederick Braue Braue Poker Deal see also following routines
Variations 1940
Expert Card Technique
149
Jerry Andrus Stack the Aces
1956
Andrus Deals You In
176
Gerald Kosky Anyone for Bridge? stacking bridge with faro shuffles or milk build shuffles
VariationsAlso published here May 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 2)
15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Faro Fantasies spectators get remembered hands again, poker and bridge deal
Inspired byRelated toVariations June 1957
The Cardiste (Issue 3)
14
Edward Marlo Combining Riffle Shuffles & Faros for stacking cards, examples are ten hands and seven (!) hands
 		1958
The Faro Shuffle
31
Edward Marlo Placement Shuffle placing Aces thirteen cards apart, with stacking application
 		1958
Faro Notes
18
Edward Marlo The Wrong Hand player receives Aces, performer straight flush
 		1958
Faro Notes
38
Alex Elmsley Aces Up stacking with faro shuffle for any number from two to five
 		Feb. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 5)
15
Russell "Rusduck" Duck Winner's Weave in faros, positions after three shuffles, stacking
 		Mar. 1958
The Cardiste (Issue 6)
16
Edward Marlo Faro Plus Seconds - Stud riffle and overhand combination
 		1959
Riffle Shuffle Systems
108
Edward Marlo The Illogical Routine Aces are stacked with faros multiple times, but each time come out in an unexpected hand for an unexpected number of players, Aces vanish as finale
 		Dec. 1959
Ibidem (Issue 19)
18
Neal Elias Strip Faro Stock Shuffle Aces placed on top, stacked to any number from two to eight, faro and stripper deck combination
 		June 1960
Ibidem (Issue 21)
21
Edward Marlo Card Stack Demo Kings openly stacked, Tens and Aces end up also, faro and overhand stacking, for correction see Facsimile reference
Related to 1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
37
Father Cyprian Faro Flush after shuffling, performer gets Royal Flush
Variations Mar. 1968
Epilogue (Issue 2)
9
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Inspired byAlso published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
24
Roger Smith The Faro Shuffler's Column #3 spelling to the Aces, top cards of packets are then turned over and they are blank cards with message
 		Oct. 1970
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 3)
5
Roger Smith In Case Collectors deck in case, then Aces placed in closed case, selections found between Aces
 		June 1971
Necromancer (Vol. 1 No. 11)
8
Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
Also published here 1972
Card Cavalcade
39
Edward Marlo Stacking a lot of Information distributed throughout the book
 		1974
The Ten Hand Poker Stack
1
Martin A. Nash The Three to Seven Hand Poker Stack faro & second dealing, see p. 444 for additional crediting
Related to 1975
Ever So Sleightly
96
Gerald Kosky Anyone for Bridge? stacking bridge hands with NDO and faro shuffles
Also published here 1975
The Magic of Gerald Kosky
88
Murray Bonfeld Placement For Thirds faro shuffle that distributes a group three cards apart, e.g. the spades then lie SxxSxxSxx..., not a perfect tripe faro
Related to 1977
Faro Concepts
31
Erhard Liebenow Your Favorite Value, Please! spectator names a value, performer cuts to the Aces, then the Aces transform into his selected value
 		1978
Liebenow On Cards
10
Karl Fulves 4-Ever spectator cuts, remembers card and replaces, faro
Related to 1981
Fourcast
16
Mack Picknick The Gambler and His Accomplice gambling demo, spectators see cards put down in front of accomplice, eventually they are found in hand of performer
 		1982
Fork Full of Appetizers
36
Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
Also published here 1984
Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2
2
Karl Fulves Primitive Cycles
Related to 1986
The Return Trip
28
Karl Fulves Faro Slough-Off Stacking simple two-handed stacking
 		1987
Secret Session — Part One
6
Edward Marlo Expediting a Stack combining riffle shuffle with table faro
 		1988
Marlo's Magazine — Volume 6
92
Alex Elmsley Aces Up stacking with faro shuffle for any number from two to five
 		1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
395
Alex Elmsley Four Flusher stacking all four royal flushes one after the other, faro stacking
Variations 1991
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 1
399
Al Smith Farostack
  • Confederace
  • Maximace
  • Kingfederaces
 		1991
Hot Stacks & Cold Decks
15
Al Smith Smarloth multiple shift followed by faro stacking
 		1991
Hot Stacks & Cold Decks
16
Edward Marlo Card Stack Demo Kings openly stacked, Tens and Aces end up also, faro and overhand stacking, correction for reference
Related toAlso published here June 1992
The Olram File (Issue 12)
9
James Swain, Michael Skinner Dream Poker magician deals himself winning poker hand from spectator shuffled deck. Uses partial stack
 		1992
Don't Blink
19
Vanni Bossi A Faro Subtlety faro with corner-shorted cards, stacking application with fewer shuffles
 		1992
Escorial 1992 — The Marlo Year
10
Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
Also published here 1993
Fechter
231
Alex Elmsley Royal Flush Deal royal flush deal for any number of players, faro shuffling
 		1994
The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley — Volume 2
308
Darwin Ortiz Darwin's Poker Deal travelling signatures
Inspired by 1995
Cardshark
159
Darwin Ortiz Pick-A-Card Poker with to-Royal-Flush-Transformation
Related to 1995
Cardshark
172
Darwin Ortiz The Cross faro stacking, transformation
Inspired byRelated to 1995
Cardshark
180
Edward Marlo Card Stack Demo Kings openly stacked, Tens and Aces end up also, faro and overhand stacking, correction from reference
  • Triple Faro Control
Related to 1996
Facsimile (Issue 4)
42
Pablo Domenèch Carta Al Numero (La Pequeña Historia de un Juego) placing a card at a number using the Faro shuffle
Also published here
  • "La Pequeña Historia de un Juego" in "La Circular de la EMM" March, 1980. P. 102.
 1996
La Magia de Pablo Domènech
97
Nick Trost The Perfecto Bridge Deal duplicate Spades
Variations 1997
The Card Magic of Nick Trost
235
Edward Marlo Marlo's Faro Variation any poker hand called for, using faro
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
103
Edward Marlo Stacking Attack Kings openly stacked, Tens and Aces end up also, faro and overhand stacking, correction from reference
Related toAlso published here Jan. 1999
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 5)
83
Eddie Fechter Small Number Faro Stack faro slough-off handling
Also published here Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
2
Darwin Ortiz Déjà vu Poker four hands are redealt after shuffling, faro, Royal Flush kicker
Inspired by 2002
Scams & Fantasies with Cards
11
Harry Riser The Bottom Dealer Folds Ten through King of Spades lost, four hands dealt, some good hands with Royal Flush for performer, faros
Also published here
  • MUM, Oct. 2002
 2006
Secrets of an Escamoteur
169
Dai Vernon Black's stack four aces, kings and queens stacked for 6 hands, with faros
 		2007
Bruce Cervon's Castle Notebooks — Volume 1
35
Justin Higham Mini Faro Faroing Aces into deck in preparation for stacking later
 		2008
Dexterity Manual
37
Karl Fulves Cheating Is Easy quick two-hand stacking demonstration
 		2010
Prolix (Issue 7)
445
Persi Diaconis, Ron Graham A Look Inside Perfect Shuffles Describes the mathematics of perfect faro shuffles, how to stack the deck using in and out shuffles
 		2012
Magical Mathematics
92
Jason Ladanye The Big Stack performer stacks himself queen, someone else gets kings, queens change to aces
Inspired by 2013
Confident Deceptions
181
Tony Cabral Quads also "Four the Hard Way", performer deals peeked selection to himself multiple times, those apparent duplicates change into four Aces
Inspired by 2014
Notes From A Mechanic
10
Pepe Lirrojo Pick Up Stack con Faros pick-up stack and faro stacking
Inspired by 2016
Panpharos
27
Ryan Murray Stacking
  • Six Hands (using Weave in Thirds)
  • Five Hands (using Bizarre Weave)
  • Nine Hands (using Weave in Thirds)
 		2018
Curious Weaving
34
Steve Forte Faro Stacking introduction
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
256
Steve Forte The Faro Process general comments and rules regarding faro stacking
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
258
Steve Forte Off-the-table Faro Stack slough-off, hustler MG
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
260
Steve Forte Bottom-to-top Stack tabled
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
261
Steve Forte Basic Faro Stack partial faro into deck, extra cards removed afterwards
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
262
The Faro System by hustler PMH, using "faro twist"
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
263
faro twist by hustler PMH, table faro with break, after faro the break can be taken above or below the card that is faroed into the break
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
264
Steve Forte Skip-Stack faro stacking for odd number of players
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
267
Steve Forte Single Hole-card Hold' em Stack faro stacking for odd number of players, three-of-a-kind
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
267
Steve Forte Riffle Faro only bottom half faroed, also while holding break
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
268
Steve Forte Faro Review how to work out faro stacks and pre-faro stacks
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
270
Steve Forte Faros and the Second Deal
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
271
Steve Forte Summary
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
276
Steve Forte faro stack on doing a simple faro stack for laypeople
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
890
Steve Forte The 2-1-2-4 Faro Stack dealing the Aces after one faro for a five-handed game
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
906
Steve Forte Balancer Faro Stack eon shuffle and one cut to stack the four Aces for hold 'em
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
907
Steve Forte One-shuffle Stacks
  • one faro - four players - four aces
  • tap-tap stack
  • heads-up double-duke
  • dupes stack (duplicate Aces)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 2
915
Tony Cabral Two Routines - One: The Braue Poker Deal Redux faro stacking demo, spectator choses type of poker game
Inspired byAlso published here
  • “Cheats & Deceptions” column in M-U-M Magazine
 2020
Magic for BLM
60
Edward Marlo The Double Stack four Kings stacked with two faros, then Aces overhand stacked to eight hands as surprise, from unpublished notes
 		2020
Output (Issue 6)
10