The Faro Shuffle is Magician Therapy

Alvo explores the soothing ticks that keep our magical fingers busy during busy time.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• Alvo Stockman
• faro shuffle
• magic tricks
• magician
• therapy

[Penguinmagic]

Arcanasphere: that's a great trick. It was my all time favorite trick for years. I saw David copperfield do it on tv and I was hooked.

[Penguinmagic]

Billygoatatemypants: in high school I knew a guy who could spin a pen between his fingers like a rock n roll drummer spins a drumstick.

It drove me nuts not being able to do it and to this day I remember it. His pen was metal though. I wonder if that had something to do with it. ;)

[Penguinmagic]

Hah, good eye it IS a faded deck :)

[PutBoy]

I love doing one handed cuts. There's a cut I learned, basically a variation of the charlier but more flashy, that I just can't stop doing when I have a deck in my hands. Been doing it for years.

[remowilliams8]

I find myself taking out my deck of cards (I always carry one) and just doing random things. False shuffles, one-handed cuts, springing/dribbling the cards, Erdnase Color Change, double lifts, different things. I could be on the phone, watching t.v., being bored, anything.

[JoshTrachtman]

since I got "Singularity" i have been doing that none stop i usually i end up with about a half face up deck

[JoshTrachtman]

since I got it I do the singularity bye the end about half the deck is upside down

[JoshTrachtman]

I do the coin roll

[7grims]

I used to play drums, and that drum stick spin you see, it's actually an illusion, they never get of the same 2 fingers witch you initially grab them with.

[7grims]

I love Charlier's cut, and all other techniques to do one hand deck cut or shuffle. I can see movies and etc and I'm always doing that, repetition repetition, makes it perfect and sometimes I even forget that I have the deck in my hand.

[DruBzEnt]

"I want it to be like, 8 decks.... in a row."

Hahaha, Alvo, you are the most down to earth person I know. Awesome video.