By Allan Ackerman Allan Ackerman is one of the world's foremost experts at sleight-of-hand magic with playing cards. On this incredible multi-volume series of DVDs, you will be treated to an instructional course encompassing elementary sleight-of- hand all the way up through advanced card work. Allan Ackerman's Advanced Card Control Series tackles one major component of card magic on each volume, and instead of teaching you an endless encyclopedia of moves, Allan has selected what he considers to be the most practical and deceptive methods for each sleight. After guiding you step-by-step through the various sleights, Allan also teaches you a number of professional card routines so you can apply what you have learned - audience-tested foolers that have earned him a worldwide reputation as The Las Vegas Card Expert. Magic can be a lifetime hobby and card magic is considered to be the poetry of prestidigitation. So grab a deck of cards, sit back and let Allan Ackerman's succinct, laid-back teaching style guide you through the joys of professional card magic! You'll be fooling your friends and family in no time at all!
Volume Six - The Faro Shuffle Sleights and Moves: In-The-Hands Faro Technique Cutting At 26 Adjusting the Cut In-Faros vs. Out-Faros Fine Points of the Faro Shuffle Re-Squaring the Packets In Case of a Miss Rock & Re-Weave The Faro Shuffle as a Real Shuffle Further Fine Faro Points The Fourth Finger Table Key Cards The Tabled Faro The Faro Check Stacking with the Faro Shuffle Combining Faro & Riffle The Ten-Card Poker Stack The Stay Stack Incomplete Faro Control Incomplete Faro with a Jog Automatic Placement Control Si Stebbins Any Card at Any Number Faro Mental Displacement Getting Packets the Same Size The Faro Divider The Reverse Faro The Faro as a Cull Eight Out Faros to Preserve Full Deck Order Effects: Marlo's Spade Routine Acrobatic Aces Ace-Ta-Mation The Gun Marlo's Matching Routine Faro Mental Displacement
