Zarrow shuffle
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Zarrow shuffle is a sleight of hand technique that gives the appearance of being a normal riffle shuffle, when the cards being manipulated maintain the order the magician or card sharp desires. It was invented by magician Herb Zarrow circa 1940.[1][2][3]
This is an example of a false shuffle. The shuffle appears to be a normal riffle shuffle to spectators. In fact, it leaves the cards in exactly the same order as before the shuffle.
[edit] References
- ^ Zarrow Shuffle. You Tube. Retrieved on 2008-01-07. “Herb Zarrow demonstrates his shuffle.”
- ^ Zarrow, Herb. Herb Zarrow on the Zarrow Shuffle (DVD). Penguin Magic. Retrieved on 2008-01-07.
- ^ Britland, David; Gazzo [2004]. Phantoms of the Card Table: Confessions of a Card Sharp, 1st Ed., New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, page 109. ISBN 978-1568582993. “[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.”
