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БЕЗУПРЕЧНАЯ ТАСОВКА ФАРО¹

ДЖ. Н. Маскелайн, описывая фаро дилера, сказал: "Данная тасовка очень сложна для изучения, но практика и терпение сделают свое дело и карты будут порхать перемешиваясь, без шанса на провал. ... Не стоит думать, что данная манипуляция обслуживает только трюки шулеров. Наоборот, это чрезвычайно честная и подлинная тасовка, при условии, что не было предварительного расположения карт. ..."
Метод, описанный в книге Маскелайна "Шулера и простофили", действительно сложен для освоения. Неоходимо сгибать карты в длинну, сильно надавливая на концы, так, чтобы напряжение карт спружинивало их друг в друга.
Метод же, который мы опишем сейчас, очень легко освоить. Карты не изгибаются и элемент давления, который делает контроль за картами затруднительным, отсутствует.
1. Перед выполнением тасовки, поместите большой палец правой руки на один конец колоды, а остальные на другой, и сделайте очень слабый мостик с картами по всей длине, так что рубашки окажутся выпуклыми. Мост не должен быть настолько сильным, чтобы его можно было заметить.
Рис. 1
2. Подснимите колоду на двадцать шестой карте, взяв верхнюю половину в правую руку. Держите пачки за внешние концы, близко к углам, между большими пальцами с внутренней стороны и вторыми и безымянными с внешней, как показано на Рис. 1. Держите указательные пальцы обоих рук над пачками в продолжении всей тасовки и никогда не позволяйте им дотрагиваться до карт.
3. Расположите внутренние концы пачек рядом, так, чтобы они оказались совершенно параллельными и пришли в соприкосновение. Поднимите внешние концы на три сантиметра, как показано на Рис. 1. Сейчас пачки напоминают очень низкую букву V и внутренние концы, встречаются в вершине этой буквы, легко соприкасаясь друг с другом. Они не должны друг на друга давить, поскольку тасовка выполняется не посредством впружинивания карт, а поскольку их сцепляют способом, который будет сейчас описан.
4. Выполняем тасовку: сожмите средние, безымянные и большие пальцы обоих рук, изгибая пачки вдоль. Это заставит карты обоих пачек выпрямляться и потому двигаться вверх, безупречно сцепляясь. Такое сцепление происходит без какого-либо движения рук. Одно давление сжимаемых карт заставляет их переплетаться. Верхняя карта правой пачки при этом должна оказаться над левой пачкой (двадцать седьмой картой).
5. Продолжайте сжимать пачки и, в то же время, сейчас, когда перетасовывание уже началось, приподнимите внутренние концы обоих пачек со стола, двигая внешние концы вниз пальцами обеих рук. Основания больших пальцев располагается почти параллельно сторонам сжимаемых половинок, и, пока применяется данное удержание и надавливание сгибающее карты в длинну, можно чувствовать переплетение карт, как бы поднимающееся снизу на верх пачек.
Карты могут, с поразительной скоростью, врезаться снизу вверх, или медленно переплетаться, по желанию исполнителя. Это заависит от силы сдавливания, применяемой при сжимании пачек.
Рис. 2
Для понимания характера тасовки, возьмите колоду карт за стороны ближе к внешним углам между правым большим пальцем с одной и средним и указательным с другой. Отогните вниз нижнюю карту левым указательным пальцем и отпустите ее, позволив спружинить назад к лицевой карте колоды. Это будет выполнено без особых усилий.
Теперь возьмите колоду в руку, как показано на Рис. 2. Отогните нижнюю карту, так чтобы она дугой отделилась от колоды, как это показано на данном рисунке пунктирной линией. Сожмите внутренние концы колоды, изгибая колоду, как показано на рисунке, и карта резко вернется на свое место, заняв точно соответствующее место в колоде. Это и есть принцип, применяемый в безупречной тасовке фаро: колода выгибается в длинну, делая колоду выпуклой. Давление пальцев, применяемое к пачкам, выгнутым в ширину, делает их выгнутыми в длинну и выпрямляет карты, заставляя внутренние концы подняться на миллимерт или два, чего достаточно для полного их переплетения.
Тасовка может выполняться и с бриджевыми картами, но это гораздо сложнее, поскольку узкие карты требуют большей силы пальцев, для сгибания их в длинну. Используемые карты должны быть новыми или в хорошем состоянии.

ТАСОВКА

The following chart shows the movement of the cards through eight perfect shuffles. In each shuffle the pack must be cut at 26, the right hand holding the cards from 1 to 26, the left the cards from 27 to 52. In making the shuffles, the first card of the pack remains always at the top of the pack, the first card of the left hand packet (27) meshing under the right hand top card into the number 2 position. The 52nd card of the pack, the last of the left hand packet, remains always at the bottom of the pack, meshing under the 26th card of the right hand packet.
After the first shuffle an interval of 26 separates the cards; for instance, the first card remains 1, the second is the original 27. After a second shuffle, the interval is 13; the first card remains 1, the second is the original 14th card. In the third shuffle, the interval is 32; the fourth, 16; the fifth, 8; the sixth, 4; the seventh, 2; and after the eighth shuffle the pack is in its original order.
After each shuffle, a differing number of cards lie between each consecutive card of the original sequence:
After the first shuffle, one card: 1, 27, 2, 28, 3, 29. ...
After the second shuffle, three cards: 1, 14, 27, 40, 2, 15, 28, 41.
After the third shuffle, seven cards: 1, 33, 14, 46, 27, 8, 40, 21, 2.
After the fourth shuffle, fifteen cards.
After the fifth shuffle, thirty-one cards.
After the sixth shuffle, twelve cards.
After the seventh shuffle, twenty-five cards.
After each shuffle, the cards move double their own number less one. The tenth card moves to twenty, less one: it will be found at nineteen. When this total exceeds fifty-two, fifty-two is deducted from it: for instance, the forty-fourth card doubled totals eighty-eight; deduct fifty-two and the card will be found at twenty-six.
It should be noted that, for convenience, the charts read from left to right, rather than vertically.
It may be well to point out at this time that, although these charts have an academic flavor, the knowledge contained therein will be found to be of great utility, as will be shown later, when the regular shuffle is used; their study will thus prove profitable.
Начальное расположение
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
49 50 51 52
1-я тасовка
5-я тасовка
 1 27  2 28  3 29  4 30
 5 31  6 32  7 33  8 34
 9 35 10 36 11 37 12 38
13 39 14 40 15 41 16 42
17 43 18 44 19 45 20 46
21 47 22 48 23 49 24 50
25 51 26 52
 1  9 17 25 33 41 49  6
14 22 30 38 46  3 11 19
27 35 43 51  8 16 24 32
40 48  5 13 21 29 37 45
 2 10 18 26 34 42 50  7
15 23 31 39 47  4 12 20
28 36 44 52
2-я тасовка
6-я тасовка
 1 14 27 40  2 15 28 41
 3 16 29 42  4 17 30 43
 5 18 31 44  6 19 32 45
 7 20 33 46  8 21 34 47
 9 22 35 48 10 23 36 49
11 24 37 50 12 25 38 51
13 26 39 52
 1  5  9 13 17 21 25 29
33 37 41 45 49  2  6 10
14 18 22 26 30 34 38 42
46 50  3  7 11 15 19 23
27 31 35 39 43 47 51  4
 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36
40 44 48 52
3-я тасовка
7-я тасовка
 1 33 14 46 27  8 40 21
 2 34 15 47 28  9 41 22
 3 35 16 48 29 10 42 23
 4 36 17 49 30 11 43 24
 5 37 18 50 31 12 44 25
 6 38 19 51 32 13 45 26
 7 39 20 52
 1  3  5  7  9 11 13 15
17 19 21 23 25 27 29 31
33 35 37 39 41 43 45 47
49 51  2  4  6  8 10 12
14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28
30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44
46 48 50 52
4-я тасовка
8-я тасовка
 1 17 33 49 14 30 46 11
27 43  8 24 40  5 21 37
 2 18 34 50 15 31 47 12
28 44  9 25 41  6 22 38
 3 19 35 51 16 32 48 13
29 45 10 26 42  7 23 39
 4 20 36 52
 1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8
 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48
49 50 51 52

THE ENDLESS BELTS

The following chart shows the nature and movement of the six groups of eight cards each which move through the pack during the eight perfect shuffles required to re-establish a pack in its original order.
The cards which compose each group move like an endless belt. The first group includes the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 9th, 17th, 33rd, 14th and 27th cards of the pack in its original order. After the first shuffle each card moves one step, into the number formerly held by the card next in the sequence. Thus, the 2nd card becomes the 3rd, the 3rd moves to 5, 5 to 9, 9 to 17, 17 to 33, 33 to 14, 14 to 27. The 27th card, the last of the group, moves into the 2nd position.
THE ENDLESS BELTS
                                                           
Shuffle:      1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8  
   2          3     5     9    17    33    14    27     2
   4          7    13    25    49    46    40    28     4
   6         11    21    41    30     8    15    29     6
  10         19    37    22    43    34    16    31    10
  12         23    45    38    24    47    42    32    12
  20         39    26    51    50    48    44    36    20
18 35 18 35 18 35 18 35 18
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52 52
It will be noted that, in the course of eight shuffles, the 2nd card is progressively the 3rd, the 5th, the 9th, the 17th, the 33rd, the 14th and the 27th card of the pack. After the next, the eighth, shuffle, the 2nd card returns to its original position.
This movement of the endless belts is characteristic of each of the six groups of eight cards each. The remaining four cards move in this manner: The first card, as has been explained, remains always at the top, the 52nd always at the bottom. The 18th and 35th cards move between themselves; after the first shuffle, the 18th card is at 35, the 35th card at 18. After a second shuffle, the 18th card returns to its original position, as does the 35th.

THE CHART OF SEVENTEEN

Showing how, through eight shuffles, the forty-eight cards are subdivided into cells of three, each of which is removed by seventeen from its other units; and how, although the order may change, the same three remain always separated by seventeen.
After the first shuffle, the 2nd card is the original 27th card; the 19th is the original loth card; the 36th is the original 44th card. Each of these cards was originally separated from its fellows by 17 degrees; after a shuffle, each card remains separated by 17. After a second shuffle, the 3rd card is the original 27th card; the 20th card is the original 44th; the 37th card is the original 10th card.

1-я тасовка
 1  27   2  28   3  29   4  30   5  31   6  32   7  33   8  34   9
35  10  36  11  37  12  38  13  39  14  40  15  41  16  42  17  43
18  44  19  45  20  46  21  47  22  48  23  49  14  50  25  51  26
52
2-я тасовка
 1  14  27  40   2  15  28  41   3  16  29  42   4  17  30  43   5  
18  31  44   6  19  32  45   7  20  33  46   8  21  34  47   9  22  
35  48  10  23  36  49  11  24  37  50  12  25  38  51  13  26  39  
52
3-я тасовка
 1  33  14  46  27   8  40  21   2  34  15  47  28   9  41  22   3  
35  16  48  29  10  42  23   4  36  17  49  30  11  43  24   5  37  
18  50  31  12  44  25   6  38  19  51  32  13  45  26   7  39  20  
52
4-я тасовка
 1  17  33  49  14  30  46  11  27  43   8  24  40   5  21  37   2  
18  34  50  15  31  47  12  28  44   9  25  41   6  22  38   3  19  
35  51  16  32  48  13  29  45  10  26  42   7  23  39   4  20  36  
52
5-я тасовка
 1   9  17  25  33  41  49   6  14  22  30  38  46   3  11  19  27
35  43  51   8  16  24  32  40  48   5  13  21  29  37  45   2  10
18  26  34  42  50   7  15  23  31  39  47   4  12  20  28  36  44
52
6-я тасовка
 1   5   9  13  17  21  25  29  33  37  41  45  49   2   6  10  14  
18  22  26  30  34  38  42  46  50   3   7  11  15  19  23  27  31  
35  39  43  47  51   4   8  12  16  20  24  28  32  36  40  44  48  
52
7-я тасовка
 1   3   5   7   9  11  13  15  17  19  21  23  25  27  29  31  33  
35  37  39  41  43  45  47  49  51   2   4   6   8  10  12  14  16  
18  20  22  24  26  28  30  32  34  36  38  40  42  44  46  48  50  
52
8-я тасовка
 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  
18  19  20  21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30  31  32  33  34  
35  36  37  38  39  40  41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48  49  50  51  
52
Through continuing shuffles, although the positions of the cards may change, the relation of each of the three cards in a cell remains constantly at 17.

PERFECT SHUFFLE STOCK

In certain card tricks it is necessary to place a set-up sequence of cards at the top of the pack with an indifferent card between each card of the sequence. The procedure in the past has been to use the overhand shuffle. Use of the perfect shuffle enables the performer to make the set up easily in one quick shuffle.
Preparation. Let us say that you are performing An Indetectible Stop Trick, Card Manipulations, No. 5, and that you wish to place a nine, seven, five, three and ace at four, six, eight, ten and twelve from the top. Place the set-up, the nine being the first card, at the top of the pack, in which the bottom card has had its inner left corner crimped upwards.
Method. 1. Cut the pack at about forty and complete the cut. The crimped card and the set-up below it are placed at about twelve, continuing down to about eighteen.
2. Cut the pack at or near twenty-six (an unbalanced cut is permissible if it is within two or three of twenty-six) and take the upper packet with the right hand, the crimped corner being at the right end of this packet. Make a single perfect shuffle, meshing the cards in the middle but, if you like, riffling the last few cards at the top of each packet irregularly.
3. Square the pack and cut the crimped card to the top. The third, fifth, seventh, ninth and eleventh cards will be the nine, seven, five, three and ace respectively. Place a single card at the top, by means of the side slip or a quick overhand shuffle, to place these cards at the required four, six, eight, ten and twelve.
When it is desired to place cards at even numbers, the procedure is the same but the extra card is not placed at the top as in 3. The movement of the cards in these shuffles is shown in the charts at the beginning of this section.

THE EIGHTEENTH CARD

Of considerable practical value is the knowledge that, in a perfect shuffle, the eighteenth card moves to the thirty-fifth position after the first shuffle; returns to eighteen after a second shuffle; returns to thirty-five after a third shuffle, and continues shuttling between these numbers with each successive shuffle.
This knowledge can be put to use in this manner: Have the chosen card returned at eighteen by any of the various methods in use. Hand the pack to the spectator immediately and request him to shuffle it. If he is a fairly smooth shuffler and cuts at or very near twenty-six, after two shuffles his card will have returned to eighteen, or be very near it.
This again is a method in which the performer must run the risk of failure but which, successful, can be very impressive. The card is discovered by any of the various emergency methods.

BRAUE POKER DEAL

This exceedingly simple feat makes one of the best demonstrations of skill at gamblers' sleights which it is possible to use. It will be found to make a strong impression upon those who see it performed.
Effect: The four aces are dropped upon the pack, which is shuffled. Four poker hands are dealt and the conjurer shows that he has dealt himself the four aces. If desired, the five cards of a royal flush may be used in place of the aces.
Method: 1. Secretly place a downward crimp in the inner left corner of the bottom card of the pack.
2. Show the four aces and drop them upon the top of the pack; place it upon the table so that the crimped corner is on the side nearest yourself, the crimp being on the right side.
3. Cut the pack near the twenty-sixth card and complete the cut. The crimped key card is now at the middle of the pack. Cut fifteen cards from the top and complete the cut. The crimped card is now at about the eleventh card.
These cuts are made with the apparent purpose of losing the aces in the pack.
4. Make an unbalanced cut, taking approximately the top twenty-three cards in the right hand. Make a single perfect shuffle by any of the methods and square the pack.
5. Sight the position of the crimped card, which will be somewhere between the twentieth and twenty-fifth card, and cut enough cards from the top to bring the crimped key card back to the tenth or eleventh positions. Complete the cut.
6. Make an unbalanced cut, taking approximately twenty-three cards from the top into the right hand packet. Make another perfect shuffle.
7. Cut to and including the crimped key card and complete the cut. The key is now at the bottom. Make one or two false cuts.
8. Deal four poker hands of five cards each. The four aces will fall to you on the deal.
¹По русски "фаро" (фараон) называется "врезка".