How to MASTER the perfect shuffle! // Faro shuffle & Magic trick tutorial

[@ChrisRamsay52]

Favorite application for Faro shuffles.... GO!!

[@katysartstuffs]

Chris Ramsay :3 haii!! ❤️

[@HumbleBeginnings114]

Chris Ramsay i've been waiting for this magic Monday forever I am so happy

[@adamcunderlik3302]

when next stream?

[@mattedmonds6193]

Unshuffled by Paul Gertner!

[@wackylux155]

Hey Ramsey. love your vids keep up the good work. can you please make a tutorial on how to misdirect spectators.

[@KH-ks7si]

Tutorial starts at 4:11

[@caytonhopson3200]

Joe Alanson you da real one

[@christophergonzalez4351]

Thx

[@PrashantSharma-lc5cc]

Thanks man. You the man

[@MPHITOPHLS]

lets give this guy 69 likes

[@sobatlintingers9140]

Nice, he talk too much :(

[@민강현-v8b]

eyes: ok i see perfectly well brain: ok understood perfectly well hands: ok this is hopeless

[@stephenjennings555]

So incredibly true. Ive watched at least 25 card trick videos that I understand perfectly but can't perform no matter how much I try. I guess part of the trick requires a certain level of dexterity that not everybody has

[@tonysnoww2017]

Its not bro

[@tonysnoww2017]

You can do it!!

[@valovanonym]

The only thing needed is practice. Nothing maters other than this, your original dexterity does not matter. Your hands do not matter. Your deck does not matter (you can even do perfect faro with old poopy deck, I do that every days). Just be confident that with enough practice you'll get it and in a certain amount of time you will be able to do it

[@rosalindatomas2480]

ㅜㄷㅍㄷㄱ ㅎㅑㅍㄷ ㅕㅔ ㅡ무

[@kevinbadea5733]

Tips that help me. 1) make sure your cards are air-cushion finish (i tried the first time with normal Maverick and was very hard to do it (probably because i'm a beginner with cards) 2) don't need to apply to much pressure. Just a little. 3) use the corner to start the movement. 4) slight lateral movement After half day practicing i finally can do it. Hope any of does tips helps at least one person.

[@tryhard007]

I just do the good old 52 pick-up

[@YatesyD08]

tryhard 007 I throw you catch

[@StormTheSquid]

Ya always gotta know when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, and when to deal 'em- *Launches half the deck onto the table and drops the rest.* ...Fifty-two at a time.

[@tonysnoww2017]

Ive done the 5002 pickup ill prolly do the 15002 pick up by the time its all said and done

[@nate_yaboy0427]

Yessir

[@blake_t_smith189]

That's my Dads fav trick, I was a Very angry 8 year old

[@vandebunted]

I teach HS Math and I've been watching your videos for several weeks now. This is now my favorite. Love the inclusion of the mathematical background.

[@nuberiffic]

How do you make the cards weave into each other though? It feels like I'm just smashing two blocks of wood together

[@alexleonmridul]

Start from the bottom

[@nuberiffic]

@@alexleonmridul Do you seriously believe I haven't tried that? Especially given that instruction is in the video? That's the intuitive way, and the *ONLY* way I've tried it. Now, do you have something actually useful to say?

[@alexleonmridul]

@@nuberiffic apply pressure from your both hands. That's all I can say. Or watch other tutorials

[@nuberiffic]

@@alexleonmridul It's literally impossible to not do that dude.

[@-percnado-]

CheesyCliff so uno cards aren’t good

[@SpydersByte]

the math behind card tricks is really interesting. I'm more amazed by the lengths magicians go to to really learn their decks and the muscle memory required to perfectly cut and perfectly shuffle all the time than I am by the actual trick. The balls it takes to put both your memory and your handling together into one trick and be confident that you've done everything perfectly is always impressive.

[@olliemealing]

Faro is hugely underutilised, opens up your repertoire towards a ton of strong magic, well worth the patience/practice

[@ChrisRamsay52]

+ollie mealing Agree 100%

[@coastalcardiciancollectabl1032]

Not to mention Friffle ♥️😍

[@yehudawildes9372]

ollie mealing I loved ur videos, where have you been

[@elimayes5094]

It's so hard

[@gamblingmocchi]

ollie mealing Hey, wtf I follow you on insta

[@ukefan2013]

You could say these guys are... "Mathemagicians"

[@v3xx107]

Stole my comment out my keybord

[@alexbarcenas3982]

r/comedycemetery

[@OliverOcelot29]

@@alexbarcenas3982 r/ihavereddit

[@robenkhoury7079]

@@OliverOcelot29 r/ihavereddit

[@thrillgaming2939]

Roben r/Ihavereddit

[@camiloiribarren1450]

Love the FYI pieces. Love to learn a little history behind shuffles. Makes it more interesting

[@Chris-ch3ps]

Tips that helped me learn: 1. If you’re going to learn the way I did, you need to be shuffling from the top down, with your right hand above your left and the back of the cards facing right. This is with a standard Bicycle deck. 2. Focus on holding the cards in your right hand the same way Chris did in the video, with your index finger applying pressure at the top, and make sure to keep your other fingers as far to the right of the pack as possible (basically don’t leave your fingers hanging over the edges towards your left hand). 3. With your left hand, keep your index the same way Chris did, curled down towards the bottom, and hold the pack with your thumb up about three fourths of the side, and your pinky under the back corner of the pack. Your thumb should not hang over the top of the pack of cards. 4. Square the cards as best as you can, otherwise this step will be more difficult. Take the closest bottom corner of the pack in your right hand and line it up with the furthest back corner of the pack in your left hand. (Your right hand should be over the left and slight further away from your body) 5. Apply pressure with your right hand, pushing diagonally into the corner of the bottom pack. You may need to rotate the pack in your right hand very slightly clockwise before applying pressure. Remember to keep a bit of pressure with your index fingers in their respective spots as well. This part may take a few tries, but after a little while, you should get the beginnings of a weave. Even just a few cards starting to weave together should set you up for the final step. 6. With a few cards weaved together, slowly rotate your right hand so that the backs of the cards slowly begin to face more towards the ground. At the same time, rotate your right hand away from you, so that the bottom of the pack slowly begins to face more towards you. Your right pinky should move towards your left pinky. Don’t forget to keep pressure with both index fingers. The move should almost riffle the two packs against each other, causing them to weave. As the weave begins to speed up, you may have to fitness the cards to be more upright or press the packs together with a bit more force in order to maintain a clean shuffle. This step may be a bit different for you, so you may have to experiment on which movements and rotations of the right pack work the best for you. I’m not sure if this will help anyone, I just know I was wishing for someone in the comments to give me a step by step, so when I figured it out for myself, I tried to write one for anyone else doing the same thing I was lol. Hopefully this helped someone learn

[@thecryptidhunters3807]

I've always wanted to do this. It looks so satisfying.

[@BiscuitsBox]

KZbin needs a "love this" button... you've just sparked a great idea for teaching math magic. I might be asking for some recommended reading if I get the go ahead.

[@mjdapp]

Anyone struggling with this may be making the same mistake as me - I just could not get the cards to weave. Finally I realised I was gripping the sides too hard. I moved my fingers back slightly and slackened my grip and the weave just did itself just like they do in Chris’ excellent tutorial.

[@fredericklonanda736]

this actually helps my faro

[@joshpalmer3155]

Worked for me, thanks a lot

[@saucyboi4149]

You saved my cards I was about to put them through the paper shredder 😂😂😂

[@thaboi8324]

Thanks I think thia helped me

[@GeniusGenes1]

I can't do it!!!

[@ctaylorguy]

I've seen many Faro tutorials. This by far is the best and most in depth explanation out there. Thank you for sharing your depth of knowledge with us. Ever grateful!

[@katysartstuffs]

I love how you always add history and tell everyone a little bit about the card tricks and all ❤️❤️

[@rossdonald3189]

This is the Ultimate guide to the faro shuffle thanks Chris for spending the time and effort on it!!

[@sakraklar9729]

'This is not going to be a boring video' *Starts off with the history behind it all*

[@claudia31413]

Been using the faro shuffle for ages but the mathematics behind the faro shuffle and how it can be used to position a card in a specific location in the deck is new to me! Thanks Chris! Even when you cover the stuff I think I already know I always still learn stuff!! 😄

[@youvegot]

I absolutely love this shuffle, and i found it really interesting to learn even more about it. I know how to reset the deck, but I currently only use it to look cool. Thank you so much.

[@DomWrightUk]

I've tried about 10 different tutorials for this shuffle and this is by far the best... Took me about 3 goes after watching this to pick up the technique and can now doing repeatitively! Thank you!

[@yehudawildes9372]

No Way! I recently went to tannens and saw the guy who created this deck and they look sick. I told him that instead of doing an Omni deck u should switch the deck out for a block of wood

[@dapsize01]

honestly,I´ve been looking for a tutorial on this for ages. This is the first one that really explained how this works. Would love to see this one handed.

[@tears6687]

Instructions unclear, fingers stuck in a lightbulb

[@jlebowitz8325]

I did my first perfect faro shuffle thanks to your video! It's been a long time coming, but it now makes a lot more sense. (Okay. I haven't done one since, but now I know it's a possibility and my faros are now 200% easier to do with only 3-4 cards out of place. Now all I need is practice, practice, practice...) Thanks, Chris! This was awesome!

[@alekscuikins8469]

I’m new to this stuff, and I just want someone to give me some tips on how to practice this because right now I’m having trouble getting the cards to like weave into each other( I have tried turning the cards upside down it didn’t work same result occurred) the cards just don’t ripple as they are supposed to do. Can someone give some tips please.

[@alekscuikins8469]

@Sadikul Islam thank you, but to be honest this wouldve been kinda helpful 2 years ago :) but thank you anyway and i already got it down i can do it with pretty much any deck of cards, plastic or paper cards i can do it so ig i have improved quite a bit

[@Shadowise-46.2]

I watched this video, probably when he first put it out, and it taught me to faro. Well I learned how, but I always had problems getting it perfect. It’s funny because I couldn’t figure out why my cards weren’t working out right at the top and I didn’t think rewatching this video would help, so recently I looked for other videos that might give me the extra tips I needed to get a perfect faro but none were helping. Finally I came back to this video and watched every detail and was able to correct my problems and get the perfect faro I’ve been looking for. I still have a lot of practicing to do of course, but I was able to figure out the little things I was doing wrong.

[@MaxDiamond]

Chris you are a Pharaoh

[@kraken7784]

Max Diamond haha were you watching with captions too?

[@og_lama2434]

Max why do I see you on all magic vids I see 😂

[@MaxDiamond]

I love magic

[@isabellagraffagnino8307]

Max Diamond true dat.

[@AntonioGomez-px1pp]

Hiiiiii once again :)

[@pacman52280]

Of all the Faro shuffle tutorials ever created, which one is the most complete, exhaustive, and thorough? In other words, the absolute best.

[@coastalcardiciancollectabl1032]

I am addicted to Faros, and I’ve been waiting for this tutorial to see your take on it! Well done, Ram! Note: Great practice tip for learning to split the deck evenly: practice in New Deck Order. 8 Out’s return the order, as Chris said. Learn which cards are at the center after each perfect faro. You can use these as a reference point. Putting a deck into NDO is also a g way way to practice culling :)

[@MrBeekhead]

I'm such a huge fan of the perfect shuffle. I worked with a Mathematics professor in the past who completed his doctoral dissertation on the perfect shuffle and is one of 3 people in the world who can riffle-perfect shuffle. I witnessed him perform his dissertation trick once while performed in front of a class of 6th graders. The kids were mildly intrigued, but I was silently losing my shit! Haha.

[@NLShadowForce]

guess what card i pulled when practising, the 5 of hearts... I freaked out

[@maxischmidt1299]

ShadowForce 1/52

[@BobBob-jg4ok]

I did also lol

[@atanki5682]

Same

[@StormTheSquid]

Chris is a true wizard.

[@tobyflenderson892]

Jai Rey thou summon me

[@I66Y-66]

i have watched so many tuturials for this shuffle this is the only one that emphesised pressure on the cards and that was the key for me

[@OkitaNamikaze]

till 3:50 I was like *daaaaaafffuuuuuuuuuuq??*

[@arvas1b2]

U.K.N Meh too.

[@verkrare]

U.K.N lol thanks

[@liamcavanagh2526]

My head just didn't follow....

[@marshi7777]

Same

[@captain2874]

I remember seeing this as as kid and being completely blown away, thanks for the history, theory behind it _and_ a tutorial I could actually follow

[@benebeck5643]

Awesome new intro!

[@Tymetracyr]

Not to inflate your ego, Chris, but I've watched other tutorials on the faro shuffle and haven't been able to get it down at all. I just tried it after watching your video and besides my uneven packs of cards it worked perfectly. THANK YOU!!!

[@matthewosko5346]

AHH I WASN'T READY FOR THE MATH

[@jamesyoungquist6923]

After watching a few other tutorials on the Faro Shuffle, this is the first one that really clicked! Thank you!! I also appreciated the history and theory

[@peterchasperli380]

Is it possible to do a perfect riffleshuffle?

[@carlosrv1301]

Yes

[@coastalcardiciancollectabl1032]

It’s called a “Volitional Faro Shuffle”. There are tabled Faro Shuffles that can be done a few ways, but a Volitional Faro Shuffle is considered the “perfect riffle Shuffle”. :)

[@igorsvacic217]

richard turner doesent just do them, he does it visually beautyfull

[@peterchasperli380]

Mr Slaybury Thanks for the information :)

[@AlexSchoof]

Get yourself a copy of Expert Card Technique

[@Trishlicious]

I got it to go once but I am also practicing with cut corners on my deck... will wait to get home to practice more. Thank you for the visual instructions.

[@jelly-filleddonuts1874]

If someone was a mathematician and a magician does that make them a mathemagician, performing tricks mathemagically?

[@hasanramim18]

MilkingCookies damnnn 😂

[@jacobma2188]

Arthur Benjamin.

[@drwhoscumrag]

Magimatician?

[@magicdmitry]

I watched this 6 months ago, and been trying to faro from time to time... I was awful... I watched it again yesterday, and I did 6 perfect faro shuffles in a row!!!! Watch it again after a month, and you might see something you've been doing wrong all this time... mine was - left pinkie positioning.. I did it exactly like Chris in the video, and boom! perfect faro ;)

[@czechmex88]

Aight, now do the anti-Faro

[@lucasmitchell369]

Backless Chaps thats called a cut

[@coastalcardiciancollectabl1032]

Lucas Mitchell Sweet Jesus... it’s not a cut it’s the hardest thing in the world to do with a deck of cards...

[@rumbledowndesigns]

Lucas Mitchell no its not, look up the anti faro, its a piece of magical sorcery

[@czechmex88]

Mr Slaybury I learned the anti faro in about a week. Still practicing mocking god and can't pirouette.

[@iamnotanonymous3983]

Backless Chaps you spelled alright wrong

[@TheMrblue951]

I've been working on the faro shuffle just because I want to learn it. Now I have a better perspective on how to do it and a sweet trick to go with it, thanks Chris!

[@Mr_Yeah]

7:06 hurt to watch.

[@kevy1247]

Well said, sir. My initial interest in learning card magic and collecting decks started because I (math tutor) wanted to implement a wow factor with math. Thanks for your vids!

[@inconymouss]

You used the 5 of ♥...twice! PigCake is gonna get mad at you...

[@coastalcardiciancollectabl1032]

@pigcakee

[@unclesy4360]

Im just getting into cardistry/ sleight of hand. Learn something new to wow my kids. So far your videos have been some of the most specific i have seen so far. Your method of teaching is right up my alley. You got my subscription. 👍

[@caleblopez6839]

Last time I was early, I was making a joke about being early

[@dekoding]

but then I took an arrow to the knee.

[@thornprince6410]

Uncle Maximilian it's "IN" the knee not "TO" the knee

[@kellyrants7673]

Are you certain about that? I think it'd mess up the rest of the sentence that way.

[@gringobingo471]

Clorox Bleach Not really, that was me not you sorry to burst your bubble pal

[@patootie3529]

@@thornprince6410 No it's not, jackass, search it.

[@umamalwadkar5781]

Your last advice about the cutting if cards helped me a lot thank u very much

[@renelesch6244]

When do why know when your cards can be preordered...

[@generfeld]

The Faro and Riffle Shuffles are two basic starting things to learn with cards. At first, I could not do them worth a damn. My hands aching, cards flying everywhere. My Riffle was a disaster at first. But just KEEP PRACTICING, and eventually you just get it. These moves require very fine muscle control/movements that is hard to describe. You just have to keep doing it. First day or two my hands ached and I got nowhere, then I woke up the next morning and was able to do it much better. A week later I was doing them really well. Just keep practicing!

[@ddawgdmitri]

"How to shuffle" *talks about math*

[@bmac7069]

Never commented on any video before, but I feel obligated to tell you when I was watching, I too pulled out the 5 of hearts by chance. And not just one time, but twice in a row. That's real magic.

[@lukxmx]

Uhh sexy magic Monday Intro ;D

[@Simonkunath]

Juulu Alter wie hast du den Trick bei Fool me gemacht? Digga so krass

[@leesaigett184]

Peter and Chris posting a vid at the same time. Can my day be any better?!?!?!

[@ringostarzz2409]

I fucking love physics and history behind magic do more of this pleaseeeeeee

[@AlexSchoof]

If you really want to stretch your brain, check out the Gilbreath Principle. It's some next level shit

[@andreienea3132]

dude i have never seen you perform a magic trick and I swear I have never seen you perform magic, but you are a decent guy and make magic look intresting with your passion about it, I look at your videos like I watch history documantaries, best of luck to you, you can present anything and make it look intresting, good for

[@goatshenanigans6090]

I'm going to use these block playing cards by my friend, Frank... They're pretty *sick* And they *feel great*

[@kgriffin1032]

Been practicing this a lot today. Never took the time to try and get this down. Took awhile but eventually was able to do the perfect faro 8 times to put back in new deck order. Now I just need to get quicker and more efficient at it!

[@brandonmedrano2708]

4:10 youre welcome

[@williamhutton95]

I have been working on it for a while and got frustrated finding always a couple of cards who just don't want to let go of each other 👫 lol Great video! Didn't realize how useful this is. Makes me feel creative!

[@nktrixr728]

Is this even possible...?

[@doomstothfilms]

NK TRIXR clearly since he just did it

[@Allanhorns]

The Fero shuffle was constructed for the salon game Faro which was a card game played in doubles. After a round was played the doubles had to be broken up so a perfect integration of weaving cards were necessary to separate the doubles. But, and here is the caveat that it is also a good shuffle to control a deck outside of the game Fero.

[@alexandermarcus6400]

2 plus 2 is 4 minus 1 that's 3, quick maths

[@DidntExpect]

@@chimingw Everyday man's on the block, smoke trees

[@aydinmoin706]

Stop, just stop please

[@diegotaylor1534]

it took me so long to see that it was wrong

[@thatoneobject4182]

Sarah Taylor wait are you from Southport? Or is there someone with the exact same name as you?

[@patootie3529]

@@diegotaylor1534 What? It's simple math

[@cowboycurtis2099]

The traditional cut thing is what i needed to hear. Thank you!

[@etagnirps]

little details make all the difference, am just starting learning and have struggled with this for ages....... then watching this you mention about the way they are cut makes a difference in whether to start bottom up etc.... boom I got it! haha great vid

[@loss182]

Thanks for the detailed tutorial, i was strugling to do the first part of the faro, but when i saw the index finger placement, ot worked like magic!

[@IUCrew]

Thanks... been struggling with getting a perfect shuffle... will have to try your method to help. Nice tips on other ways to use it as well.

[@ciscomc4198]

BROOO THIS VID HELPED ALOT! The tip thing that helped me the most was when u sid that some decks are cut differently from others, so i fliped my deck and it worked.

[@manishkejriwal8952]

You are the best magician in the world

[@myowngrid1856]

TY...Chris....this answered so many questions that have been taking up space in my head......time to practice.

[@adityachoudhary1637]

so satisfying to watch cards weave together

[@thebackseatgamer3146]

Exactly 1,288 Days ago i watched this video, from that day i have tried many a time but only once managed to do the Faro shuffle, it has dawned on me as my one failure in cardistry from my time in high school, HOWEVER, after rewatching this video today i can confidently say i was a very stupid kid, way back when, i had missed the small curl you do and it had never crossed my mind, fast forward to today when i am rewatching this and noticed it. Pleased to say that within 20 minutes i can now do the faro shuffle with a mild 50% success rate POGU.

[@SourPatchKnight]

I like how you don’t just show us how to do it but you drop some knowledge! Thank you

[@Rulies]

Thanks for this Chris Ramsay! I will try to incorporate some better shuffles in my own videos. I really appreciate how much in detail you went, including finger placement which helped a lot.

[@terryhollifield9343]

Absolutely one of your dopest videos yet. Thanks for dropping the knowledge on us. Lots to digest, but great stuff. Cheers.

[@stevewatson1594]

I've always been used to doing the bridge shuffle, (that's what I'm used to calling it, don't know if that's correct name for it) which is the only one I know...I'll definitely keep trying. Thanks for tutorial Chris! Always a pleasure to see your magic or puzzle videos!.

[@sgs138]

Watched this on Sunday to learn the faro shuffle. In-faro / out-faro, yeah yeah just show me how it’s done. I was having enough trouble just getting the cards to interleave. Been working on it this week, and just decided to do perfect shuffles until it came back to new deck order. 51 perfect shuffles later I now understand in-faro vs out-faro. ☺️

[@RedCnMn]

The faro shuffle is much easier than i thought it would be. The hard thing is to learn how to split the deck exactly in half to make this shuffle look perfect^^ Thanks for this tutorial and the background

[@johnlopez4845]

Another great video ! Your teaching delivery is very beginner friendly. A+

[@nickberglund6355]

I've tried to learn the faro shuffle forever!! But then as soon as u taught it Chris. It clicked immediately. And btw love the magic Monday preview

[@OfficialPhazeMusic]

Wow I was never able to do a perfect faro until just now! Thanks Chris!

[@julietravelvlog]

For anyone struggling, Try touching the corner of one pile (preferably the one in your master hand) into the short edge of the other pile, and slide the cards across. Experiment with this at various angles to see what suits you best, once you get the hang of it you can perform this at many angles. They should faro into one another nicely, do not use too much force to push the cards or you'll damage them. Of course, make sure your deck is manufactured for cardistry by a reputable company, or isn't too worn out.

[@daneilyan6419]

For all those who complain about getting a new deck, I just did the shuffle with the oldest deck I have. I’ve been playing with this deck of bicycle cards for like a year already and I’m still able to do faro on them

[@jonathangallone6543]

I like the history and knowledge you bring to the table Thank you

[@ssebeb]

I’ve litteraly been practicing the faro for half a year and after watching this video I did my first perfect faro (including the 2*26cards packets)

[@jaceevans2821]

thank you so much for this vid. Ive been needing the help with the faro but after you showed me this something clicked. Ill keep on working on this. thank you so much

[@djcribbeats]

YES!!!! FINALLY!!!! YOU DID ME A GREAT PLESURE! I CAN FINALLY DO IT!!! Thank you sooo much! Keep going!

[@piggy8761]

8:07 this tip was important I found it easier to faro one way over the other thanks for the way they cut decks I didn’t know

[@dannyfilms3790]

I don’t like math, but i understood this. Its simple. Smart. I like it. Thanks Chriss!

[@liaonardo_me]

The best tutorial of faro shuffle I've ever seen!

[@QuantumTap]

no other Faro tutorial ive seen went into detail about the finger placement and pressure and i finally did a (kinda shitty) faro shuffle its literally been months thanks Chris

[@footballhead117]

I love how your explain things I've been trying to explain forever!

[@bfr]

This video is so awesome. As a math lover I've thought lots about the principles of the faro shuffle. So I love the math background you gave at the beginning. I'll check some of that literature. Really cool about Elmsley going so deep with it. It reminds me of a mathematical proof that was published, showing that blackjack is a beatable game.

[@LoganWinscott]

i’m so happy after like 5 min of practice I got it down really well

[@calebsmith9100]

As always, Chris' approach to teaching is an awesome change from the usual KZbin tutorial junk

[@mahadimuhammed8223]

Finally the best tutorial for Faro Shuffle