Zarrow Shuffle

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 (1982)
• Darwin Ortiz at the Card Table (1988)
• Allan Ackerman's Thoughts on the Zarrow Shuffle are in Las Vegas Kardma (1994)
• Card College, Vol. 3 (1998)
• Wesley James' Enchantments (2004)
• David Ben's description in Genii February 2008

• Gary Plants' booklet

Variations

• DelGaudio Shuffle, an in-the-hands Zarrow Shuffle