# Card Shuffling **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 27, 2006, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-shuffling/341926 "2006-01-27T23:20:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-shuffling/341926/21 "2006-01-31T16:55:58Z")
> [@filmyak](#): > > Faros are much easier than they look. They just take a bit of practice. Anyone willing to put the time into learning it can have it down over the course of a weekend. In the world of card sleights, I’d put the difficulty level at a 3. Doing them consisently may take a bit more effort, but that’s just continuing to practice. True, but doing 8 **One Handed** faro shuffles is at about a 10. ---
**Author:** ![filmyak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@filmyak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmyak)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-shuffling/341926/22 "2006-01-31T17:42:22Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > True, but doing 8 **One Handed** faro shuffles is at about a 10. Make that a 12. I cringe at the manual acrobatics that would require! _shudder_ ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2006, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-shuffling/341926/23 "2006-01-31T18:02:41Z")
> [@filmyak](#): > > Make that a 12. > > I cringe at the manual acrobatics that would require! > > _shudder_ [Click on the one-handed faro](http://www.virtualmagicshow.com/stuff/). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/card-shuffling/341926.md?page=1)