Top or near Top

211 entries in Cards / Sleights / Glimpse / Top or near Top
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Palm Glimpse glimpsing palmed card
 		1876
Modern Magic
27
To get Sight of a Card for top (first palming the card), center and bottom
 		1889
Tricks with Cards
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
The Expert at the Card Table
103
Top Card Glimpse
1902
The Modern Conjurer
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
Merlin at the Card Table
13
Theodore Annemann The Mystery Card Reading Method pack behind back, performer names cards
 		1931
The Book Without A Name
35
William Larsen Multiple Riffle Glimpse top four cards glimpsed during tabled riffle shuffle
 		1931
I Won't Play Cards With Him
6
William Larsen Top Glimpse corner of top card bent back in dealing position under cover of right hand
 		1931
I Won't Play Cards With Him
6
G. Brownlow A Little-Known "Glimpse" top card of lower half
 		1933
Farelli's Card Magic — Part Two
64
Push Glimpse bottom card of face-up deck
 		1933
More "Eye-Openers"
10
T. Page Wright A Glimpse left hand pushes off card to show it to spectator, bottom corner glimpsed
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
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
Card Manipulations (Issue 5)
136
Dai Vernon Glimpse through Handkerchief
1936
Card Manipulations (Issue 5)
152
Top Card Glimpse left hand turned and top card pushed over
 		1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
393
Albert Verity Sighting the Top Cards while doing sort of an overhand shuffle
 		1937
Magic of the Hands
10
Top Card Glimpse when looking at bottom card
 		1938
Greater Magic
246
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse tabled, for third card from top
 		Dec. 1938
The Jinx (Issue 51)
356
Buckle Top Glimpse
1938
More Card Manipulations (Issue 1)
17
Second-from-Top Glimpse
1939
Do That Again!
38
A New Glimpse erdnase break
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
95
Top Card Glimpse palming
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
96
The Gambler's Glimpse
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
97
Covers for the Glimpse three covers
Related to 1940
Expert Card Technique
100
Audicity Peek actually for palmed card
 		1940
Expert Card Technique
411
13 - The "Top Peek". While preparing for overhand shuffle
 		1940
"Outs" Precautions and Challenges
28
Eddie Joseph Top Card Glimpse during riffling
 		1941
How Gamblers Win
4
Eddie Joseph Gesture Glimpse top card pushed off and back as hand gestures to spectator
 		1942
Greater Card Tricks
19
Top Card Glimpse wrist turned and top card angled
 		1942
Cut the Cards
32
Jean Hugard, Frederick Braue Look-See glimpse of selection as it is chosen via riffle & stop
 		1943
Tricks and Sleights
29
Sighting or Glimpsing the Top Card Secretly
1946
Card Control
31
Sighting the Top Card, Second Method
1946
Card Control
31
Sighting the Top Card, Third Method
1946
Card Control
32
Sighting the Top Card, Fourth Method
1946
Card Control
33
Arthur H. Buckley Naming the Top Card Experiment No. 14 - top card glimpse while looking at bottom
 		1946
Card Control
164
J. B. Bobo Top Peek top buckle in open grip from top
 		1947
Watch This One!
23
Top-Card Glimpse I
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
61
Double-Lift Glimpse
1948
The Royal Road to Card Magic
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
The Fine Art of Magic
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
Your Deck — Your Card
12
Top Card Glimpse Top card of packet is glimpsed while showing it to spectator.
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
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
Routined Manipulation — Part One
89
Second-from-Top Glimpse second card reversed
 		1950
Magical Gems
36
Nate Leipzig Glimpsing The Cards why to glimpse
 		1952
Nate Leipzig's Card Stab
17
The Peek bubble peek
 		1954
Handbook Of Card Sleights
26
The Dealer's Peek one-handed
 		1955
Cy Endfield's Entertaining Card Magic — Part III
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
Kardyro's Kard Konjuring
3
Edward Marlo Open Top Card Glimpse
1956
Action Palm
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
The Multiple Shift
57
Charlie Miller Break Glimpse near top
 		1961
The Magic of Charles Earle Miller
6
Edward Marlo Jog Glimpse multiple cards on top
 		1962
Estimation
63
Nate Leipzig, Dai Vernon Card by Thought behind back, peeked card is reversed and placed under top card
 		1963
Dai Vernon's Tribute to Nate Leipzig
191
Gambler's Bubble Peek
1964
Faro Controlled Miracles
42
Bubble Peek
1967
Charlie Miller Lecture Notes
18
Overhand Peek
1967
Between Two Minds
13
Edward Marlo Faro Glimpse top card glimpse during faro
 		1968
Expert Card Conjuring
48
Basic Move 7 Bubble Peek
 		June 1968
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 3 No. 8)
185
Eddie Fields P-O-P Peek Ginsberg Poke extension
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1968
The Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
48
Roger Smith The FFF Card Peek glimpsing card during FFF which ends up on bottom or top
 		1970
The FFF Control System
7
Lenny Greenfader Out of Hand Glimpse glimpsing top card while spectator is fanning the packet
 		1971
Reputation-Makers
188
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
1972
Card Cavalcade
106
Top Card Glimpse deck face-up, rear card jogged to right slightly
 		Winter 1972
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 7 No. 6th Folio)
491
Top Glimpse bubble glimpse
 		1972
The Living End
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
Jacob Daley's Notebooks
7
Jerry K. Hartman R. S. Key Glimpse Bubble peek type of glimpse
Related to 1973
Means & Ends
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
The Magic of Francis Carlyle
13
Jerry Andrus Bevel Peek
1977
More Sleightly Slanted
18
Gustave Southall Second Card Glimpse
1978
Fred Braue on False Deals
38
Top Card Peek overhand shuffle position
 		1978
The second now you see it, now you don't!
45
Harry Lorayne Center Double PG Location "Peripheral Glimpse", four variations for a center double lift and a glimpse of the top card
 		1979
Quantum Leaps
174
Gary Ouellet The Finger Glimpse bubble peek handling
 		1979
Finger on the Card
13
Overhand Shuffle Peek
Apr. 1979
Intermagic (Vol. 6 No. 1)
9
Bubble Peek
1980
Exclusive Card Secrets
42
Bubble Glimpse
1980
La Baraja Multiefecto
24
Double Lift Glimpse
1981
Jim Ryan Close-Up: Entertaining Card Quickies
5
Palm-Spread Glimpse palm-spread glimpse, while deck is face up, buckle
Related to 1981
Octet
26
Bubble Peek
July 1982
Spell-Binder (Vol. 2 No. 15)
282
Meir Yedid The Meir Glimpse while doing the Meir Mix
 		1982
Incredible Close-Up Magic
33
Step Glimpse
1983
Marlo without Tears
155
Jack McMillen Card Reversal - Another Peek glimpsing card that is reversed in center as cards are dealt off from top
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
17
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller Peek book break (1939)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
26
Glimpse shown by Charlie Miller (1939)
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
26
Charlie Miller Miller Methods of Peeking gambler's top peek with thumb buckle, two covers (1939)
 		1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
27
Charlie Miller Charlie Miller Peek
Related to 1985
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 2)
28
Larry Jennings Top Card Glimpse
1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
12
Larry Jennings Top Card Glimpse palm-spread glimpse, while deck is face up
Related to 1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
156
Daryl Martinez Glimpse of Bottom card of Face Up Deck
1986
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5
20
Left Handed Glimpse of Bottom card of Face Up Deck
1986
The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 5
22
Bubble Peek
1988
The Trapdoor — Volume One (Issue 24)
411
Gambler's Bubble Peek
1989
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 3
xxxvi
Vistazo del Tahur Gambler's / Bubble Peek
 		1989
Cartas Certificadas
79
Braue Reversal Glimpse
1989
Randy Wakeman Presents
53
T. Page Wright Top Card Glimpse - Number 1 deck held from above, face shown to audience, back card slightly buckled
 		1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
126
Top Card Glimpse - Number 2 wrist turn and top card pushed slightly off
Also published here
  • Sachs's Sleight of Hand
 1991
Page Wright's Manuscript
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
Page Wright's Manuscript
129
Jerry K. Hartman R.S. Key Glimpse bubble glimpse, glimpsing key card in context
 		1991
Card Craft
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
Don't Blink
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
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
35
トップカードグリンプスI (Top Card Glimpse I) Bubble peek
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
112
トップカードグリンプスII (Top Card Glimpse II) from a spread
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
112
トップカードグリンプスIII (Top Card Glimpse III) From a palm
 		1993
Larry Jennings's Card Technique
112
Floyd G. Thayer The Thayer Glimpse No. 1, deck on edge on table, top card jogged
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
186
The Praiseworthy Pike No. 2, "J. J. Praiseworthy"
 		1993
The Charlatan's Handbook
187
Vicente Canuto Vistazos de la Carta de Encima glimpse of top card
  • 1.- Por Mezcla Hindú
 		1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
79
Vicente Canuto 1.- Por Presión del Indice
1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
220
Vicente Canuto 2.- Por Hojeo del Pulgar Derecho
1993
Cartomagia Fundamental
221
Card Glimpse second from the top, top turned over and double lift
 		1994
The Mental Magick of Basil Horwitz — Volume 3
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
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum
10
Ellison Poland A Casual Glimpse during in-the-hands riffle shuffle
 		1994
Wonderful Routines of Magic — The Second Addendum
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
Great Tricks Revisited
86
Bubble Peek
1995
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 2
176
Glimpse of Top Card while opening card case
 		1995
Aus dem Effeff...
38
Top-Card Riffle Glimpse
1996
Card College — Volume 2
355
Top-Card Double Lift Glimpse
1996
Card College — Volume 2
356
S. W. Erdnase Top-card Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
1996
Card College — Volume 2
356
Top Card Glimpse
1996
Classic Sampler
62
Karl Fulves Across the Table Glimpse during riffle shuffle, shallow angle
 		1996
Blocking Off
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
Blocking Off
159
Dai Vernon Tent Vanish Glimpse
1997
Jennings '67
90
Gamblers' Peek bubble
 		1997
The Fred Braue Notebooks (Issue 8)
18
Steve Saunders The B.R.P. glimpsing card while doing a Braue reversal
 		1997
Trephine
38
Eddie Fields, Lu Brent P-O-P Glimpse Ginsberg Poke extension
  • Lu Brent's method
Also published here 1997
The Greater Artful Dodges of Eddie Fields
43
René Lavand One-Hand Glimpse No. 1 heel
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
91
René Lavand One-Hand Glimpse No. 2 while turning hand over
 		1998
The Mysteries of my Life
93
Bubble Glimpse
1999
Arcardia
77
Ellis Stanyon By Looking at Any Card No. 11, glimpsing top card while looking at bottom card of pile
 		1999
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
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
Ellis Stanyon's Best Card Tricks
118
Bubble Peek
2000
Card College — Volume 4
993
Lin Searles Shuffle Control From The Peek setting a key, then getting card back to top
 		2000
Gambling Notes
14
Justin Higham Overhand-Shuffle Rear Glimpse
2001
The Simulation of Miracles
18
Simon Aronson Head Over Heels Glimpse
Inspired by 2001
Try the Impossible
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
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge in the Hands
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
FASDIU II
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
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
233
Karl Fulves One-Hand Palm Glimpse & Crimp top card palmed and immediately replaced, glimpsed and curved
 		2002
Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7)
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
Tricks
43
Pivot Break Glimpse
2003
Card College — Volume 5
1311
Luis H. Trueba Control, Vistazo y Aparición card control and glimpsed while riffle shuffled on the table
 		2003
Magia y Dramagia
122
Glimpse
2004
Close-Up Elegance by Davide Costi
98
Grace Ann Morgan The Flex Peek
2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction
43
Grace Ann Morgan The Riffle Glimpse
2004
Weapons of Mass Destruction
44
Glimpsing the Top Card of the Deck two methods, turnaround and bubble peek
 		2004
Mnemonica
328
Juan Tamariz The Chorus-Line Multiple Top Glimpse glimpse of multiple cards
 		2004
Mnemonica
330
Bubble Peek top two cards
 		2004
Deviant Practices
32
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
Clockwork
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
Card Dupery
253
Pointing Glimpse top card of one half while pointing to the other
 		2007
Session
122
Grace Ann Morgan Straddle Faro Glimpse
Related to 2009
Weapons of Mass Deception
55
Roberto Giobbi Another Overhand Shuffle Glimpse
2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Feb 28)
67
Roberto Giobbi The Glimpse spreading cards face up
 		2010
Card College Lightest
121
Bubble Peek
2011
Making the Cut
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
Magic Page by Page
102
Darwin Ortiz Near-Top Glimpse near top of face-up deck, left-hand and right-hand version
 		2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
20
Darwin Ortiz, Larry Jennings Palm-Spread Glimpse
Related to 2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
235
S. W. Erdnase Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
2012
Lessons in Card Mastery
243
S. W. Erdnase, Roberto Giobbi Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
2012
Confidences
222
Bubble Peek
2013
Discoveries & Deceptions
41
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse
2013
Confident Deceptions
65
Bill Abbott Demonstration Glimpse
2013
Seventeen Secrets — Volume 2
3
Doug Edwards Instant Glimpse while deck is revolved into the other hand
 		2013
Nukes
3
Gambler's Bubble Glimpse
2013
The Ultimate Travelers
15
Simon Aronson The Funsky Glimpse Glimpse with the Bedwell Dribble Toss Control
Related to 2014
Art Decko
6
Heel Glimpse
2014
Applesauce
42
Bubble Peek
2014
Applesauce
42
Dribble Top Card Glimpse
2015
F for Fiction
2
Bubble Peek
2015
Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 9
43
Roberto Giobbi On the Bubble Peek
Related to Mar. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 3)
21
Bubble Glimpse brief
 		2016
In Order to Amaze
31
Wrist Turn Peek
2016
The Performance Pieces & Divertissements of the Famous Handsome Jack, etc.
112
John Michael Wilson Multiple High Riffle Peek remembering color of top thirteen cards during riffle shuffles
 		2016
You and Me and the Devil Makes Three — Volume II
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
Eleven
12
Book Break Glimpse
2018
Handcrafted Card Magic — Volume 3
34
Step Glimpse pointing wrist turn cover
 		2018
Game Changer
70
Riffle Shuffle Glimpse of Top Card
2018
Game Changer
289
Bubble Peek see also p. 323
 		2018
Game Changer
300
Jog Glimpse
2019
Tesseract
55
Steve Forte bubble-peek
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
478
Steve Forte heel-peek also several during deal (Robert Mills) or several at once (hustler SA)
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
478
Steve Forte open-hand peek delayed heel peek
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
479
Steve Forte corner-squeeze peek top few cards
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
480
Steve Forte little-finger break-peek
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
480
Steve Forte square-up peek
2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
481
Steve Forte back-corner riffle peek during tabled riffle shuffle
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
485
Steve Forte riffle squeeze during tabled riffle shuffle
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
485
Steve Forte off-the-table cascade-peek fifth from top or so
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
486
Steve Forte flashing having a partner peek
 		2020
Gambling Sleight Of Hand — Volume 1
486
Top Card Glimpse step and wrist turn
 		2020
The Boy Who Cried Magic
194
Top Card Glimpse as deck is flexed between hands
 		2020
Mr. Jennings Takes It Easy
244
Bubble Peek
2021
False Anchors — Volume Five
33
Boris Wild Riffle Shuffle Glimpse deck turned on edge for square up
 		2021
Variations
39
Greg Chapman Gesture Peek top card thumbed onto table and pushed forward with left hand, new top card glimpsed during push
 		2021
Architettura I
60
Greg Chapman Packet Tilt Peek - Top right hand cuts packet off deck, top card of that packet is glimpsed
 		2021
Architettura I
61
Dai Vernon Top Card Peek unclear description, from private lecture notes by P. Howard Lyons
 		2022
Dai Vernon: The Spirit of Magic
85
Book Break Glimpse
2022
Magie Exquisit 2022
20
Bubble Peek
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Oct. 2005
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
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
Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)
476
Bubble Peek
Also published here
  • MAGIC, Feb. 2013
 2022
Talk About Tricks (Issue 2)
1181
Steve "Banachek" Shaw Picture Peek glimpsing palmed top card
Also published here
  • PSI Series DVD & Lecture Notes
 July 2024
Genii (Vol. 87 No. 7)
74
Juan Tamariz The Sticky-Fingered Glimpse buckle
 		2024
Flamenco
30
Juan Tamariz The Sensitivity Glimpse bubble peek of several cards on top, cover
 		2024
Flamenco
33