This info was originally provided in direct response to a question posed downstairs, which was about the most direct way to position a card 8th or 9th from the top of the deck. This didn't help the OP but it might be of benefit to others.

The video can be found at the link below and I genuinely hope that some of you may find the material to be of interest. If you don't currently do faro work then maybe this will provide some additional motivation to start wood shedding.

Also, please let me know if this method is already published. I've not seen it anywhere but I wouldn't be surprised if someone tells me "Marlo wrote 4 books on this exact thing!" If it is published I will update the entry with proper crediting.

This is something I'm quite proud of and I hope you find it useful. As always, thanks for watching.

http://www.magicbookreport.com/2012/09/delayed-faro-control/

Steven, thanks for sharing. I mastered the faro when I was about 16, and that was for being a move monkey. Now, at 23 I'm starting to see the endless possibilities that a perfect faro opens you up to. Great work and thanks again!

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Glad somebody liked it!

It was brought to my attention that some people were having trouble viewing the video. For those people experiencing an issue, the problem has been fixed.

I very much liked your solution, but lack the historical knowledge re: provenance of the method.

Your other videos and in particular your John Bannon demos are also terrific!

Very cool. Thanks for posting.

Steven, great video. Also like your ace assembly.

Steven -- I don't post very often but I am an avid reader on this forum. Your posts are always very insightful for me (and I am sure many others, too). I have been faroing for at least a couple of years now -- your video was really helpful regarding calculations on the fly. Thanks for posting your video!

Steven,
Just another big "Thank you" for your video here (I haven't seen much shuffle control work and it was interesting to learn from you) and also for your "Magic Book Report" website. I've bought most of the books you review there. -) Excellent demos!

Larry Samuels

Steve,
Thanks so much for calling our attention to this. Your discussion of the mathematics of the Faro is marvelous. I'm new to Faro work, but I will be going back to this often, I suspect.

Dennis Loomis

Steven,
Thanks you, very nice.
Are you familiar a Jon Racherbaumer E-book of Marlo called 'Faro Controlled Miracles'? It is 161 pages and goes into great depth on the subject. It is a tantilizing book with many aspects of the Faro.
Thanks again.
John

Thanks everybody. Glad the material can be of use. John, I went to Racherbaumer's website but it's under construction so I'm not able to get a hold of the ebook yet. Hopefully it will be back online soon. When it does I'll definitely check out the book. Thanks for the recommendation.

That's really awesome, but it feels like a pass would be more "direct" if that's what we're aiming for, personally I would just use a cut and an overhand shuffle to get a card 8th from the bottom, but I do really like this and will probably play with it to see if I like it, either way this is really good and I thank you for putting this together

Just to clarify my last post, I said I like it and I would play with it to see if I like it, I meant I like it overall, (the idea and look of it or whatever) but I need to play with it to see if I like actually doing it lol

Hello I like this kinda thinking I use faro a lot and I use something I came up with but again ..its all invented...(its really similar to your method, but I think its more easy to remember and apply it... here it is..)

do a faro check so you have a break between 26 cards.
to position a card to X from the top of the deck: X/2 if x is for example 6 then you do 6/2..3 so 3 is the number of cards you need to move your break ... soo noo we need to position our break between the 29th and 30th card...and then you need to force a card from the top half and put it bak at the break...then you do a OUT FARO and walla
if x is 7 then 7 cant be divided in 2 so we add 1 (8) 8/2..4 we move the break 4 cards.. and do the same but as we add one at first..we need to do an IN faro

if you want to position a card X from bottom you do the same but instead of starting with the break betwwen 26 and 27... you need to move one card soo you start with a break between 27 and 28 and instead of moving your break down... you move it UP

example... you want a card 5 from bottom then you do a faro check and move your break one card.. so you have a break between 27 and 28... then force a card of the top pile...and move your break 3 cards to the top ((5+1)/2)so you end with a break between 24th and 25th CARD ...put your card there and do an IN faro...

if someone have any question just pm I have a lot of ideas with faros I love it XD. right now I'm preparing a lecture about it .

just as a food for your brain ... with these formula imagine:

having a deck shufle (controling 4 ases at top) then have a card selected ..lose it in the deck ... and shufling (faro) and controling 4 ases to the top and the selcted card to 5 from top ... or 2 jokers and a card 3rd form top or imagine this.. joker, CARD ,joker produce the jokers with a damico srpead and you are too FAR from the audience.

the good thing about it is that the shuffle and production of other cards is a really good psichological MISSDIRECTION for the control of the selected card and add on to the little paket

sorry about mi bad english I'm from argentina.

So clear and useful it seems as if it would have been published by Marlo or someone who has similarly devoted a lot of attention to faros; but I have no prior source. Steve Keyl is one of the most consistently superb posters here. More than just a move, this would seem to inform a constant state of mind when using faros, particularly with a memorized stack, which allows for a control no matter where the card is replaced. Steve's nice touch with the post-replacement dribble, though, gives a nice illusion of an arbitrary replacement.

Steven,

Thank you for all the details given in your superb video!! You gave me answers I was looking for since a little time. You are a good teacher! thanks again!