[wonderwes]

I am now a fan of just looking at one card at a time. I basically use both hands to make a barrier around the cards, then use my right thumb just to flick up the card so I can get a good glance of it. I just try to view each card individually. I guess I now prefer that method.

I am strong believer in two things. 1) Remembering your card and suit so you never have to look back at them. 2) Placing a chip on your cards if you plan to play the hand. That helps two fold. One your hand is protected incase someone else folds their hand and their cards land on yours (its bound to happen at least once to you). 2nd, holding your cards during any hand is just one extra tell you will have to worry about. If you already know the hand in your head, and never have to look back, it will just make it that more difficult to focus on the hand. Plus you spend less time actually looking at the cards, and more time looking around at every other single thing that is going at the table.