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This is a neat technique to split a deck into four packets of exactly 13 cards each without counting.

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Use the faro shuffle to quickly without counting get to two equally sized packages.

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The faro shuffle allows you to place a certain card at a certain location. You will learn how to mix in-faros with out-faros in the right way to achieve this effect.

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You will learn how to prepare the Si Stebbins stack with two faro shuffles.

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This technique allows you to place a selected card inbetween two other cards with one faro shuffle. For example, two face up kings catch a face down selection between them. You will need to know the Incomplete Faro Control to successfully perform this move.

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This is technique from Trapdoor Magazine, a variation of the Incomplete Faro Control, and it allows you to control a selected card to the top or bottom.

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This technique allows you to control a spectator selected card exactly to the 26th position from the top.

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One of the great principles in faro shuffling is the stay stack principle. Allan describes what the stay stack is, how it should be suffled, and how to get into a stay from new deck order.

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You will learn how to effectively combine faro stacking with riffle stacking. Allan teaches a wonderful effect "The 10-Hand Poker Deal Demonstration" where the spectator chooses the hand that should receive the 4 aces. No false dealing is necessary. Everything is accomplished with stacking.

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The faro shuffle allows for a very easy way to stack cards.

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You will learn how to quickly check if a card is missing from your deck, or if a certain card is exactly at the 26th position from the top.

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To do the tabled faro perfectly - a 26/26 weave - is very hard to achieve consistently. However, often you only need to faro a portion of the deck and not the entire deck. A partial tabled faro is relatively easy to learn.

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Allan describes in detail how to do an in-the-hand faro shuffle. He explains the difference between an in-faro and out-faro, how to correct if the weave is not perfect, as well as several other fine points and tips to make this difficult move easier to perform and practice.

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This is a wonderfully convincing because visual false overhand shuffle developed by Roger Klause.

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This is an easy tabled false cut leaving the bottom portion of your deck unchanged.

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A slip cut allows you to cut the card second from top to the top. Here Allan teaches a triple slip cut for the table.

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Using a swing cut action, Allan teaches a double and a triple false cut to be used while seated at the table.

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This is a tabled triple false cut.

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This triple tabled false cut is a thing of simplistic beauty, developed by Jay Ose. Calling this a move is an overstatement.

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An idea by Mel Stover, this false cut is an optical illusion.

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This is a nicely flowing no frills tabled false cut.

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The purpose of the riffle shuffle stack is to place special cards, say the aces, at special locations in the deck so that during a dealing action those aces end up in a predetermined pile, usually the magicians hand.

For example, if you are dealing a five hand pocker game and you start out with the aces on top, riffle shuffle stacking allows you to place aces at position 5, 10, 15 and 20 from the top. In this video Allan teaches you how to stack two aces.

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This is an idea by Mike Maxwell to slightly alter the Double Ace Production to be in the Jennings Revelation setup, from The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings, after the first four cards are revealed.

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This production allows you to produce eight cards in total.

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This is a beautiful four card revelation, ideal for a four Ace routine, developed by Steve Freeman and Kosy.

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