205 entries in Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Top or near Top
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Palm Glimpse glimpsing palmed card
1876 27
To get Sight of a Card for top (first palming the card), center and bottom
1889 18
S. W. Erdnase To Ascertain the Top Cards while Riffling and Reserve them at Bottom see elegant title, tabled double cut
Related toVariations 1902 103
Top Card Glimpse
1902 68
Jack Merlin Peep in Conjunction with a Second or Bottom as an Aid glimpsing cards on top and bottom while looking at hole card, dealing seconds or bottom accordingly
1927/28 13
Theodore Annemann The Mystery Card Reading Method pack behind back, performer names cards
1931 35
William Larsen Multiple Riffle Glimpse top four cards glimpsed during tabled riffle shuffle
1931 6
William Larsen Top Glimpse corner of top card bent back in dealing position under cover of right hand
1931 6
G. Brownlow A Little-Known "Glimpse" top card of lower half
1933 64
Push Glimpse bottom card of face-up deck
1933 10
T. Page Wright A Glimpse left hand pushes off card to show it to spectator, bottom corner glimpsed
1933 13
Sighting the Top Card 1. The Palm
2. The Ruffle
3. The Push Down (top buckle)
4. (The Push Down for Near Top)
5. Left Thumb and Lower Index
6. The Double Lift
7. By the Riffle Shuffle
8. Gambler's Method
9. Hindu Shuffle
10. Placing Deck on Table
11. Overhand Shuffle
1936 136
Dai Vernon Glimpse through Handkerchief
1936 152
Top Card Glimpse left hand turned and top card pushed over
1937 393
Albert Verity Sighting the Top Cards while doing sort of an overhand shuffle
1937 10
Top Card Glimpse when looking at bottom card
1938 246
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse tabled, for third card from top
Dec. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 51)
356
Buckle Top Glimpse
1938 17
Second-from-Top Glimpse
1939 38
A New Glimpse erdnase break
Related to 1940 95
Top Card Glimpse palming
1940 96
The Gambler's Glimpse
Related to 1940 97
Covers for the Glimpse three covers
Related to 1940 100
Audicity Peek actually for palmed card
1940 411
13 - The "Top Peek". While preparing for overhand shuffle
1940 28
Eddie Joseph Top Card Glimpse during riffling
1941 4
Eddie Joseph Gesture Glimpse top card pushed off and back as hand gestures to spectator
1942 19
Top Card Glimpse wrist turned and top card angled
1942 32
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Look-See glimpse of selection as it is chosen via riffle & stop
1943 29
Sighting or Glimpsing the Top Card Secretly
1946 31
Sighting the Top Card, Second Method
1946 31
Sighting the Top Card, Third Method
1946 32
Sighting the Top Card, Fourth Method
1946 33
Arthur H. Buckley Naming the Top Card Experiment No. 14 - top card glimpse while looking at bottom
1946 164
J. B. Bobo Top Peek top buckle in open grip from top
1947 23
Top-Card Glimpse I
1948 61
Double-Lift Glimpse
1948 143
Top Card Glimpse one-handed, packet in riffle shuffle end grip, top card pivoted a bit with first finger
Related to
  • Magic and its Professors, Evans, 1902, p. 100
1948 156
Tony Kardyro Shuffle Location and Glimpse selection lost in hindu shuffle by shuffling single cards on top of it and glimpsing the seventh one
1948 12
Top Card Glimpse Top card of packet is glimpsed while showing it to spectator.
1950 141
"Readapack" by Australian Magician James, spectator cuts shuffled deck, performer looks at one card and can name top of other pile, featuring a buckle glimpse as one half is held in end grip and turned over
1950 89
Second-from-Top Glimpse second card reversed
1950 36
Nate Leipzig Glimpsing The Cards why to glimpse
1952 17
The Peek bubble peek
1954 26
The Dealer's Peek one-handed
1955 15
Tony Kardyro T. K's Master Utility Sleight deck held with both hands, top cards buckled with right first finger, inner right corners buckle up
  • The Peek
  • The Count
Variations 1955 3
Edward Marlo Open Top Card Glimpse
1956 23
Dr. William Weyeneth Wie die oberste Karte eines vom Zuschauer gemischten Spieles auf idealste Weise zu eruieren ist! production of cards in spectator's pocket to glimpse top card
1960
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 21 No. 3)
950
Edward Marlo Marlo's Side Squaring Glimpse glimpsing palmed card
1961 57
Charlie Miller Break Glimpse near top
1961 6
Edward Marlo Jog Glimpse multiple cards on top
1962 63
Nate Leipzig, Dai Vernon Card by Thought behind back, peeked card is reversed and placed under top card
1963 191
Gambler's Bubble Peek
1964 42
Bubble Peek
1967 18
Overhand Peek
1967 13
Edward Marlo Faro Glimpse top card glimpse during faro
1968 48
Basic Move 7 Bubble Peek
June 1968 185
Eddie Fields P-O-P Peek Ginsberg Poke extension
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968 48
Roger Smith The FFF Card Peek glimpsing card during FFF which ends up on bottom or top
1970 7
Lenny Greenfader Out of Hand Glimpse glimpsing top card while spectator is fanning the packet
1971 188
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
1972 106
Top Card Glimpse deck face-up, rear card jogged to right slightly
Winter 1972
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)
491
Top Glimpse bubble glimpse
1972 153
Dai Vernon Vernon's Peek Glimpse Push-Over No. 1, partial reverse fan used to glimpse a card either near top or near bottom
1972 7
Jerry K. Hartman R. S. Key Glimpse Bubble peek type of glimpse
Related to 1973 2
Grund Griff Nr. 7 bubble peek
Oct. 1973
Intermagic (Vol. 1 No. 2)
30
Three Peeks
  • 1. top, while turning hand over
  • 2. Bubble Peek
  • 3. while cutting deck
1975 13
Jerry Andrus Bevel Peek
1977 18
Gustave Southall Second Card Glimpse
1978 38
Top Card Peek overhand shuffle position
1978 45
Harry Lorayne Center Double PG Location "Peripheral Glimpse", four variations for a center double lift and a glimpse of the top card
1979 174
Gary Ouellet The Finger Glimpse bubble peek handling
1979 13
Overhand Shuffle Peek
Apr. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
9
Bubble Peek
1980 42
Bubble Glimpse
1980 24
Double Lift Glimpse
1981 5
Palm-Spread Glimpse palm-spread glimpse, while deck is face up, buckle
Related to 1981 26
Bubble Peek
July 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 15)
282
Meir Yedid The Meir Glimpse while doing the Meir Mix
1982 33
Step Glimpse
1983 155
Jack McMillen Card Reversal - Another Peek glimpsing card that is reversed in center as cards are dealt off from top
1985 17
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller Peek book break (1939)
1985 26
Glimpse shown by Charlie Miller (1939)
Related to 1985 26
Charlie Miller Miller Methods of Peeking gambler's top peek with thumb buckle, two covers (1939)
1985 27
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller Peek
Related to 1985 28
Larry Jennings Top Card Glimpse
1986 12
Larry Jennings Top Card Glimpse palm-spread glimpse, while deck is face up
Related to 1986 156
Daryl Martinez Glimpse of Bottom card of Face Up Deck
1986 20
Left Handed Glimpse of Bottom card of Face Up Deck
1986 22
Bubble Peek
1988 411
Gambler's Bubble Peek
1989 xxxvi
Vistazo del Tahur Gambler's / Bubble Peek
1989 79
Braue Reversal Glimpse
1989 53
T. Page Wright Top Card Glimpse - Number 1 deck held from above, face shown to audience, back card slightly buckled
1991 126
Top Card Glimpse - Number 2 wrist turn and top card pushed slightly off
Also published here
  • Sachs's Sleight of Hand
1991 127
T. Page Wright Top Card Glimpse - Number 3 during riffle shuffle, in the hands or tables, glimpse during split, not end of shuffle
1991 129
Jerry K. Hartman R.S. Key Glimpse bubble glimpse, glimpsing key card in context
1991 117
Harry Lorayne Instant Top-Card Glimpse #2 for the top few cards
July 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 7)
2091
Mike Shelley Instant Top-Card Glimpse #1
July 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 7)
2091
Doug Edwards Instant Top-Card Glimpse #3
July 1992
Apocalypse (Vol. 15 No. 7)
2092
Arthur H. Buckley Bubble peek
1992 21
トップカード、ボトムカードのグリンプス (Top card / Bottom card glimpse) Glimpse using riffle shuffle
1993 35
トップカードグリンプスI (Top Card Glimpse I) Bubble peek
1993 112
トップカードグリンプスII (Top Card Glimpse II) from a spread
1993 112
トップカードグリンプスIII (Top Card Glimpse III) From a palm
1993 112
Floyd G. Thayer The Thayer Glimpse No. 1, deck on edge on table, top card jogged
1993 186
The Praiseworthy Pike No. 2, "J. J. Praiseworthy"
1993 187
Vicente Canuto Vistazos de la Carta de Encima glimpse of top card
  • 1.- Por Mezcla Hindú
1993 79
Vicente Canuto 1.- Por Presión del Indice
1993 220
Vicente Canuto 2.- Por Hojeo del Pulgar Derecho
1993 221
Card Glimpse second from the top, top turned over and double lift
1994 86
Push-Over Glimpse second face-up card glimpsed by pushing top card over with thumb
Feb. 1994
Profile (Issue 18)
7
Ellison Poland Si-Slough divining a selection by glimpsing next card during faro slough-off
1994 10
Ellison Poland A Casual Glimpse during in-the-hands riffle shuffle
1994 45
Harry Lorayne Instant Top-Card Glimpse #2
June 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 6)
2509
Gambler's Bubble Peek
June 1995
Apocalypse (Vol. 18 No. 6)
2509
Top Card Glimpse
1995 86
Bubble Peek
1995 176
Glimpse of Top Card while opening card case
1995 38
Top-Card Riffle Glimpse
1996 355
Top-Card Double Lift Glimpse
1996 356
S. W. Erdnase Top-card Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
1996 356
Top Card Glimpse
1996 62
Karl Fulves Across the Table Glimpse during riffle shuffle, shallow angle
1996 83
Purvis W. Miller The Gambler during replacement or pick-up of deck, originally from "Tops", illustrated by J. K. Schmidt, see also p. 162
1996 159
Dai Vernon Tent Vanish Glimpse
1997 90
Gamblers' Peek bubble
1997 18
Steve Saunders The B.R.P. glimpsing card while doing a Braue reversal
1997 38
Eddie Fields, Lu Brent P-O-P Glimpse Ginsberg Poke extension
  • Lu Brent's method
Also published here 1997 43
René Lavand One-Hand Glimpse No. 1 heel
1998 91
René Lavand One-Hand Glimpse No. 2 while turning hand over
1998 93
Bubble Glimpse
1999 77
Ellis Stanyon By Looking at Any Card No. 11, glimpsing top card while looking at bottom card of pile
1999 23
Ellis Stanyon Subtle Reading of the Index No. 7, glimpse when pulling up sleeve, then one ahead by glimpsing second card by lifting two and dropping bottom one after glimpse
1999 118
Bubble Peek
2000 993
Lin Searles Shuffle Control From The Peek setting a key, then getting card back to top
2000 14
Justin Higham Overhand-Shuffle Rear Glimpse
2001 18
Simon Aronson Head Over Heels Glimpse
Inspired by 2001 99
Dan Buck, Dave Buck Finding the Aces four-of-a-kind found while dealing through shuffled deck, doing face-up push-off second deals and glimpsing next card, also for vanishing named card(s)
2001 21
Jog Glimpse
Dec. 2001
Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)
52
J. B. Bobo Square-up Peek during squaring the inner index corner lifts slightly up
Sep. 2001
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 4)
13
Paul Cummins Bottom Bubble Glimpse bottom card of face up deck
2002 10
Tony Kardyro Kardyro's Kard Kontrol partial, glimpsing top card of left hand half as bottom card of right hand spread is pointed to and shown to spectator
2002 233
Karl Fulves One-Hand Palm Glimpse & Crimp top card palmed and immediately replaced, glimpsed and curved
2002 269
Second Card Glimpse face-up, top card pushed over slightly, exposing index of second card
Feb. 2002
Ego (Vol. 1 No. 9)
11
David Ben Top Card Glimpse
2003 43
Pivot Break Glimpse
2003 1311
Luis H. Trueba Control, Vistazo y Aparición card control and glimpsed while riffle shuffled on the table
2003 122
Glimpse
2004 98
Grace Ann Morgan The Flex Peek
2004 43
Grace Ann Morgan The Riffle Glimpse
2004 44
Glimpsing the Top Card of the Deck two methods, turnaround and bubble peek
2004 328
Juan Tamariz The Chorus-Line Multiple Top Glimpse glimpse of multiple cards
2004 330
Karl Fulves Stooge's Riffle Shuffle Glimpse stooge can glimpse top card during performer's shuffle
Inspired by
  • "A Prediction" (Hatton & Plate, Magician's Tricks and how they are done)
2005 13
Rafael Benatar Top Card Glimpse as deck is put in inner pocket
Mar. 2005
Genii (Vol. 68 No. 3)
83
Double Lift glimpse glimpsing back card of double as front card is turned back over onto deck
2007 253
Pointing Glimpse top card of one half while pointing to the other
2007 122
Grace Ann Morgan Straddle Faro Glimpse
Related to 2009 55
Roberto Giobbi Another Overhand Shuffle Glimpse
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Feb 28)
67
Roberto Giobbi The Glimpse spreading cards face up
2010 121
Bubble Peek
2011 66
Patrick Page All Around Square-Up Glimpse card is in full palm
Also published here
  • Charles and Regina Reyonolds' "The Harry Blackstone Book of Magic and Illusion" 1985.
2011 102
Darwin Ortiz Near-Top Glimpse near top of face-up deck, left-hand and right-hand version
2012 20
Darwin Ortiz, Larry Jennings Palm-Spread Glimpse
Related to 2012 235
S. W. Erdnase Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
2012 243
S. W. Erdnase, Roberto Giobbi Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
2012 222
Bubble Peek
2013 41
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
2013 65
Bill Abbott Demonstration Glimpse
2013 3
Doug Edwards Instant Glimpse while deck is revolved into the other hand
2013 3
Gambler's Bubble Glimpse
2013 15
Simon Aronson The Funsky Glimpse Glimpse with the Bedwell Dribble Toss Control
Related to 2014 6
Heel Glimpse
2014 42
Bubble Peek
2014 42
Dribble Top Card Glimpse
2015 2
Bubble Peek
2015 43
Roberto Giobbi On the Bubble Peek
Related to Mar. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 3)
21
Bubble Glimpse brief
2016 31
Wrist Turn Peek
2016 112
John Wilson Multiple High Riffle Peek remembering color of top thirteen cards during riffle shuffles
2016 21
Joseph Barry LLL Peek packets dealt on table until spectator says stop, selection glimpsed
Also published here
  • Inscrutable, Disc 2 (Joe Barry, 2013)
2017 12
Book Break Glimpse
2018 34
Step Glimpse pointing wrist turn cover
2018 70
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse of Top Card
2018 289
Bubble Peek see also p. 323
2018 300
Jog Glimpse
2019 55
Steve Forte bubble-peek
2020 478
Steve Forte heel-peek also several during deal (Robert Mills) or several at once (hustler SA)
2020 478
Steve Forte open-hand peek delayed heel peek
2020 479
Steve Forte corner-squeeze peek top few cards
2020 480
Steve Forte little-finger break-peek
2020 480
Steve Forte square-up peek
2020 481
Steve Forte back-corner riffle peek during tabled riffle shuffle
2020 485
Steve Forte riffle squeeze during tabled riffle shuffle
2020 485
Steve Forte off-the-table cascade-peek fifth from top or so
2020 486
Steve Forte flashing having a partner peek
2020 486
Top Card Glimpse step and wrist turn
2020 194
Top Card Glimpse as deck is flexed between hands
2020 244
Bubble Peek
2021 33
Boris Wild Riffle Shuffle Glimpse deck turned on edge for square up
2021 39
Dai Vernon Top Card Peek unclear description, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
2022 85
Book Break Glimpse
2022 20
Bubble Peek
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2005
2022 440
Jeff Pierce A Guarded Revelation top card of cased deck peeked while it is inserted into card clip
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2006
2022 476
Bubble Peek
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
2022 1181