Faro shuffle

A faro shuffle of playing cards

The faro shuffle (American), weave shuffle (British), or dovetail shuffle is a method of shuffling playing cards, in which half of the deck is held in each hand with the thumbs inward, then cards are released by the thumbs so that they fall to the table interleaved. Diaconis, Graham, and Kantor also call this the technique, when used in magic.

Comparison of a perfect faro out-shuffle and in-shuffle, the numbers denoting each card's positions before the shuffle

Mathematicians use the term "faro shuffle" to describe a precise rearrangement of a deck into two equal piles of 26 cards which are then interleaved perfectly.

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