Faro Possibilities

Authored by Karl Fulves
Selfpublished, 1966/1979 (Stapled), 36 pages

(29 entries)


(typed in by Denis Behr)
 
CreatorTitle of Routine or SleightCommentPageCARCCategories
Karl FulvesCounting And Dealingon the order of anti-faros, generalized to dealing m cards in n heaps4Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro
Karl FulvesThe Null Anti-FaroRestacking pack concept, context4Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse FaroCards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl FulvesReverse Farodealing or upjogging, mentioned briefly, context5Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Antifaro / Reverse Faro
Karl FulvesThe Theoretical Faro:
The Conjugate Pair Faro
The Inverted Conjugate Pair Faro
definition of IO and OI as an entity and properties of IO- and OI-sequences, see also Murray Bonfeld's Unit Shuffles, Unit Restorations6Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / General Comments Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl FulvesThe Null Faroan idea similar to Alex Elmsley's Restacking Pack concept8Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl FulvesUtter Chaossome properties for decks with and odd number of cards8Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl Fulves & Steve ShimmFaro Shuffle Machinesexamining the problem of finding an algorithm to find a faro combination to shuffle from position x to position y, discussed with a 6-card deck9Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & CuriositiesCards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement
Roy WaltonA Faro Treeexamining the problem of finding an algorithm to find a faro combination to shuffle from position x to position y13Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & CuriositiesCards / Principles / Placement Principles / Faro Placement
Karl FulvesReflectionsproperties and principles with the stay stack15Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Stay Stack
Karl FulvesThe Tracking Farostay stack type principle with 2 separate odd decks17Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & CuriositiesCards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Stay Stack
Karl FulvesSolution to a Problemhow to return to original order if a known sequence of in and out faros was performed19Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl FulvesThe General Recycling Problemhow to return to original order if an unknown sequence of in and out faros was performed20Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl FulvesThe Milk Build Shufflerelation to faro and recycling properties22Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Karl FulvesThe Inverted Milk Buildvariation of Milk Build shuffle and relation to faro22Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Karl FulvesMB Aces4 spectators select cards by counting down with a Milk Build Shuffle in between the selections, they are the aces23Cards / Effect Themes / Four of a kind Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind (or at least helps)
Karl FulvesThe Set Shufflevariation of Milk Build shuffle and recycling properties24Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Karl FulvesThe Missing Linkrelation of Milk Build Shuffle to faro25Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & CuriositiesCards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Karl FulvesMB + 22 cards chosen from packet are located, Milk Build Shuffle application25Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Location Routine
Karl FulvesMB PredictionMilk Build Shuffle application26Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Karl Fulves(1) Conjugate-Pair MBMilk Build Shuffle properties27Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Overhand / Transfers & Displacements
Karl Fulves(2) Primitive Cyclesmaintaining sequences that are repeated, see also Other Forms Of The Transposition, more general approach by Murray Bonfeld The Principle of Internal Shuffling27Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl Fulves(3) The Half Farofaro applied to long-short deck, double faro27Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl Fulves(4) Faro/Stebbinsbringing a 13-cards deck into Si Stebbins order with faros28Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl FulvesInterrogating the Deckbringing a card to top with faro shuffles, see also The Interrogation Technique29Cards / Sleights  / Shuffles (non-riffle) / Faro Shuffle / Mathematical Facts & Curiosities
Karl FulvesThe Closed Predictionspectator removes card from 16-card packet, performer faro shuffles and finds mate29Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Open Prediction Theme Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates
Karl Fulves & Roy WaltonPrimitive Pokerpacket of 25 cards is dealt out in piles according to a rolled dice multiple times, then cards are dealt and everybody has a good hand, handling for Roy Walton's "Draw Poker Plus" (Pallbearer's Review, p.79)31Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Poker / You just get the winning Hand... Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Full Stack
Karl FulvesSecond Lawsome value coincidences happen when dealing through piles, application of Milk Build Shuffle to Si Stebbins, see also Klondike Notes32Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck strategies / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Karl FulvesLogic Dicedie is turned around some times according to simple rules, end result is predicted33Dice / Number Forces Dice / Miscellaneous
Karl FulvesDigital Dicedie is turned around some times according to simple rules, top numbers are noted, this number sequence is predicted or foreseen34Dice / Miscellaneous

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