Paste-bored?

Being a filthy left handed card man, (filthy filthy left hand – hand of satan, you know), I lack the ability to use standard peeks to ascertain the values of cards ontop, or on bottom.

Imagine that, A-Players out there! No longer can you use your trusty bubble peek.

I’m sure anyone in the same position as I am has tried to establish some sort of unique way of peeking cards. You CAN shift the top card over to the right a little, and turn your hand over. But that exposes the bottom of the deck, AND you turn your hand over – hardly a championship peek.

So what to do?

Try this.

Holding the deck in the right hand, in a standard mechanics, perform a magicians pinky count of the top card. Now if you push your ring finger in, it buckles said card. Now with just a little movement of the eyes, you can see the index.

Of course this technique works with peeking the 2nd, 3rd card etc. You can even use your ring finger to spread the cards that have been clasped, so you can peek multiple cards.

I would take some pictures, you its not an entirely difficult concept to grasp.

I have used this technique to great effect at the card table, peeking the top two cards before dealing the turn and river in hold’em.

PLEASE don’t think I am claiming I have invented this peek. I’m not that mentally inept to even begin to imagine I am the first to do this. But I’ve not seen it anywhere, so I thought it worth mentioning.

And PLEASE don’t comment on this saying that some magician claims this move to be their own either, because its a sodding peek and is universal.

Good.