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The '''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]] No. 346, July [[1957]], page 210, as ''Full Deck Control.''
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The '''Zarrow Shuffle''' is a [[full-deck 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]] No. 346, July [[1957]], page 210, as ''Full Deck Control.''
  
 
[[David Britland]] in [[The Phantom of the Card Table]] states that Zarrow ''"created a false riffle shuffle of such beauty that it is quite possibly the only move to have been originated by a magician and that has found its way into world of card cheating."''
 
[[David Britland]] in [[The Phantom of the Card Table]] states that Zarrow ''"created a false riffle shuffle of such beauty that it is quite possibly the only move to have been originated by a magician and that has found its way into world of card cheating."''
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* ''Marlo's Techniques on Zarrow Shuffle'', page 17 on [[The Patented Shuffle]] by Ed Marlo (1964).
 
* ''Marlo's Techniques on Zarrow Shuffle'', page 17 on [[The Patented Shuffle]] by Ed Marlo (1964).
 
* [[Frank Garcia]]'s ''Notes on the Zarrow Shuffle'' are in [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] (1972)
 
* [[Frank Garcia]]'s ''Notes on the Zarrow Shuffle'' are in [[Million Dollar Card Secrets]] (1972)
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* [[Karl Fulves]]' ''Riffle Shuffle Technique - Part One'' (1975)
 
* [[The Complete Works of Derek Dingle]] written by [[Richard Kaufman]] (1982)
 
* [[The Complete Works of Derek Dingle]] written by [[Richard Kaufman]] (1982)
 
* [[Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table]] (1988)
 
* [[Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table]] (1988)

Latest revision as of 21:43, 12 February 2019

The Zarrow Shuffle is a full-deck 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 No. 346, July 1957, page 210, as Full Deck Control.

David Britland in The Phantom of the Card Table states that Zarrow "created a false riffle shuffle of such beauty that it is quite possibly the only move to have been originated by a magician and that has found its way into world of card cheating."


Publications which feature the shuffle

  • DVD Herb Zarrow on the Zarrow Shuffle (2001)

References