This wont concern any right handed card workers out there.....
I'm interested to know how other left handed magicians have a card peaked. it cannot be exectued in the same manner as a righty as there is no index visible to the spectator, and if you riffle at the bottom left corner then the spectators are looking at the spot where you will catch your break. so if you're a fellow lefty, I hope you'll be so kind as to offer up your own solution to this rather tricky problem
many thanks

If you have Scams and Fantasies by Darwin Ortiz (a left hander) he publishes the glimpse he uses in one of the effects there.

Why not try some other peek other than the riffle variety.

An 'Angle Jog' style peek may work better for you or any other ambidexterous kind of thing. I'ts difficult to comment without knowing exactly what other peeks you are familiar with.

If you're desperate and you want to leave the card in the middle; Pass the card to the bottom, do a bubble peek and then pass back to the middle. No apparent change....Hopefully

Dean

I do not believe the 'Disappointing Hack' has a problem with covertly glimpsing the card himself, rather his dilemma is having the card peeked by the spectator - if the deck is riffled as a righty would riffle then no indexes will be seen by your participant.
If, however, the lefty riffles at the bottom corner where the indexes can be seen then not only will they appear upside down, but the spectator will be looking at exactly the place where a lefty would need to catch his break.

At least I think this is what the 'Disappointing Hack' meant.
I'm sure he will correct me if I am wrong.

In which case the correct term is glimpse and not peek.

My understanding was that he was having lefty problems sighting the index as the deck was revolved towards him after a riffle style peek.

Thanks stephen. if you read my original post I don't think you'll find the word glimpse there at all. I can competantly peak a card, that is not the problem. my post wasn't a cry for help, rather an inquiry as to how others have solved this problem of having the card peaked for themselves.
many thanks

I really don't understand your last post at all. Do you really know the difference between a peek and a glimpse?

you can't even spell the word Peek...You really live up to your name as the disappointing hack.

Dean

D Atkinson, I believe you've got it backwards. A spectator peeks at a card, the performer (covertly) glimpses it. The proceedure in which a spectator looks at a card by lifting up the outer index corner of the deck (which is what dh seems to be referring to) is commonly called The Spectator Peek (along with the usual taking of a break thereafter). This is, in fact, the title of Part I, Chapter 10 of H&B's Expert Card Technique.

Additionally, dh's spelling error is unfortunate, but does not seem to be of much consequence. I'm not normally the type to fuss, but I recommend you not be so bleeding pedantic, particularly when you seem a bit confused yourself.

Good day to you, sir.

I'm not continuing with this nonsense. The spectator does not 'peek' a card.

and for the record I'm not confused as to the difference between a peek and a glimpse in modern card terminology.

And Good day to you sir.

ps I apologise for any hurt I have caused in reference to spelling mistakes.

Put your handbags down, ladies!!



peter

Ok I'm Busted

I'll put down the handbag...Your right this is ridiculous....Glimpse/Peek whatever, Love feelings to Disappointing hack and seraph 127

I'm sorry.

Dean

ps Let's get on with something more important.

Hold on.
No solutions have been offered for DH's dilemma.
Surely we should offer solutions before moving on.

How do lefties have a spectator peek a card?
I'm a righty but am still curious to know...

Hold deck behind your back(this also makes it look more diffcult). Note that this puts the index in just the right place for the peek. I don't use the peek often (maybe because of this lefty thing)but this method does work!

On the whole, I do have to agree with seraph127!
As described in Roberto Giobbi's Card College vol 1,
a spectator 'peeks' the card (the index)as the corners are riffled. The magician glimpses a card in order to identify a key card or a chosen card depending on the method. I don't want to be argumenative but seraph127 does appear to be correct!

peter

Hi everyone,

I am a South Paw (leftie), and when I need a spectator to peek a card when I riffle the corner (the top left corner), I simply ask the spectator to say "stop" whenever he/she wants and then I open the break wider, so they can see the card better.

For a nice subtlety for lefties about this riffle-peek-break procedure I strongly encourage other lefties to check John Carney's video "Video of Secrets".

My 2 cents, hope this helps!

Cheers!

Ronnie Lemieux
Montreal
Canada

Hi!
I am a left handed magician too. What I do is to use my left hand to hold the deck by the inner left corner (with my thumb and my first and second fingers), and riffle with my right index finger.
If you want to know how then I get the break, please send a PM.

"Scams and Fantasies" the best example of the best left handed glimpses! by Darwin Ortiz

Try a deck that has four-corner pips!

Best, PSC

P.S. Hold the deck in the right hand in dealing grip. Reach over to the upper right hand corner with the left index finger and riffle for the peek. Allow the spectator to peek, then release the cards, getting the break with the skin of the right thumb at the "web" of the thumb and first finger. The break is transferred to the back of the deck, using Vernon's technique for widening the break at the back of the deck, with the left thumb. Proceed...

Well, I use the Side Steal technique taught me by Carney years ago. It uses an upward riffle at the outer end.

Otherwise I use a standard peak. Being left handed doesn't prevent you from doing this. It's no harder to learn.

Learning to hold a break with your left hand won't kill you and moving the pack back to your right hand offers opportunity to peek the selection (using a step) and control it.

I am a left handed magician and I found it easier to learn most everything dealing with cards just like a righty.