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Zarrow Shuffle
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Zarrow Shuffle is a False Shuffle that gives the appearance of being a normal riffle shuffle, when actually the cards maintain their original order. It was invented by magician Herb Zarrow and first published in The New Phoenix N° 346, July 1957, page 210, as Full Deck Control.
Publications which feature the shuffle
- Frank Garcia's Notes on the Zarrow Shuffle are in Million Dollar Card Secrets (1972)
- The Complete Works of Derek Dingle written by Richard Kaufman (1982)
- Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table (1988)
- Easy Zarrow Shuffle by Doug Edwards in Apocalypse, Vol. 14, N° 2, feb. 1991, page 1892.
- Allan Ackerman's Thoughts on the Zarrow Shuffle are in Las Vegas Kardma (1994)
- Card College, Vol. 3 by Roberto Giobbi (1998)
- Wesley James' Enchantments, Section Four: Shuffles (2004)
- Gary Plants on the Zarrow Shuffle written by Stephen Minch (2004)
- David Ben's description in Genii February 2008
Variations
- DelGaudio Shuffle, an in-the-hands Zarrow Shuffle