Signed-off-by: Matt Bruce <mbrucedogs@gmail.com>

Baccarat/Baccarat/Views/Table/InteractiveCardView.swift

@@ -20,33 +20,36 @@ struct InteractiveCardView: View {
     let onReveal: () -> Void
     let onUpdateProgress: (Double) -> Void
     
+    /// Whether user is currently interacting with the card (peeling)
+    @State private var isInteracting = false
+    
     /// Whether to show the glowing animation around this card
+    /// Only show when waiting, face down, bottom hand, not auto mode, AND not currently being touched
     private var showGlow: Bool {
-        isWaiting && !isFaceUp && isBottomHand && revealStyle != .auto
+        isWaiting && !isFaceUp && isBottomHand && revealStyle != .auto && !isInteracting
     }
     
     /// Animation state for the pulsing glow
     @State private var glowPulse = false
     
+    /// Tracks if we just completed a squeeze reveal (to skip flip animation)
+    @State private var squeezeJustCompleted = false
+    
+    private var cardHeight: CGFloat {
+        cardWidth * CasinoDesign.Size.cardAspectRatio
+    }
+    
     var body: some View {
         ZStack {
-            if revealStyle == .squeeze && !isFaceUp && isWaiting {
+            // Glow layer - completely separate from the card, sits underneath
-                PageCurlView(
+            GlowBackgroundView(
-                    card: card,
+                isActive: showGlow,
-                    width: cardWidth,
+                glowPulse: glowPulse,
-                    onReveal: onReveal
+                cardWidth: cardWidth
             )
-                .modifier(GlowModifier(isActive: showGlow, glowPulse: glowPulse, cardWidth: cardWidth))
+            
-            } else {
+            // Card layer - completely independent, no glow modifiers
-                // Standard CardView (handles its own flip animation)
+            cardContent
-                CardView(card: card, isFaceUp: isFaceUp, cardWidth: cardWidth)
-                    .modifier(GlowModifier(isActive: showGlow, glowPulse: glowPulse, cardWidth: cardWidth))
-                    .onTapGesture {
-                        if !isFaceUp && isWaiting && revealStyle == .tap {
-                            onReveal()
-                        }
-                    }
-            }
         }
         .onAppear {
             if showGlow {
@@ -56,13 +59,100 @@ struct InteractiveCardView: View {
         .onChange(of: showGlow) { _, newValue in
             glowPulse = newValue
         }
+        .onChange(of: isWaiting) { _, newValue in
+            // Reset interaction state when this card is no longer waiting
+            if !newValue {
+                isInteracting = false
+            }
         }
     }
     
-// MARK: - Glow Modifier
+    /// The card content - completely isolated from glow state
+    @ViewBuilder
+    private var cardContent: some View {
+        if revealStyle == .squeeze && !isFaceUp && isWaiting {
+            PageCurlView(
+                card: card,
+                width: cardWidth,
+                onReveal: {
+                    // Mark that squeeze just completed to skip flip animation
+                    squeezeJustCompleted = true
+                    onReveal()
+                    // Reset after a short delay
+                    DispatchQueue.main.asyncAfter(deadline: .now() + 0.4) {
+                        squeezeJustCompleted = false
+                    }
+                }
+            )
+            // Detect touch to hide glow without interfering with page curl gesture
+            .simultaneousGesture(
+                DragGesture(minimumDistance: 0)
+                    .onChanged { _ in
+                        if !isInteracting {
+                            isInteracting = true
+                        }
+                    }
+            )
+        } else if squeezeJustCompleted && isFaceUp {
+            // After squeeze reveal: animate vertical flip to continue upward motion
+            VerticalFlipCardView(card: card, cardWidth: cardWidth)
+        } else {
+            // Standard CardView with flip animation
+            CardView(card: card, isFaceUp: isFaceUp, cardWidth: cardWidth)
+                .onTapGesture {
+                    if !isFaceUp && isWaiting && revealStyle == .tap {
+                        // Hide glow immediately before flip starts
+                        isInteracting = true
+                        onReveal()
+                    }
+                }
+        }
+    }
+}
 
-/// A view modifier that adds a pulsing glow effect around a card.
+// MARK: - Vertical Flip Card View
-private struct GlowModifier: ViewModifier {
+
+/// A card view that animates a vertical flip (X-axis rotation) to reveal the card face.
+/// Used after the page curl peel completes to smoothly continue the upward flip motion.
+private struct VerticalFlipCardView: View {
+    let card: Card
+    let cardWidth: CGFloat
+    
+    /// Rotation angle - starts slightly tilted and settles to flat
+    /// The page curl ends with the card nearly revealed, so we just do a small settling animation
+    @State private var rotationAngle: Double = -15
+    
+    /// Opacity for smooth fade-in
+    @State private var opacity: Double = 0.8
+    
+    private var cardHeight: CGFloat {
+        cardWidth * CasinoDesign.Size.cardAspectRatio
+    }
+    
+    var body: some View {
+        CardFrontView(card: card, width: cardWidth, height: cardHeight)
+            .rotation3DEffect(
+                .degrees(rotationAngle),
+                axis: (x: 1, y: 0, z: 0),
+                anchor: .bottom,
+                perspective: 0.4
+            )
+            .opacity(opacity)
+            .onAppear {
+                // Smooth settling animation
+                withAnimation(.easeOut(duration: 0.2)) {
+                    rotationAngle = 0
+                    opacity = 1.0
+                }
+            }
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK: - Glow Background View
+
+/// A standalone glow view that sits underneath the card.
+/// Completely separate from the card view to avoid any state changes affecting the card.
+private struct GlowBackgroundView: View {
     let isActive: Bool
     let glowPulse: Bool
     let cardWidth: CGFloat
@@ -72,11 +162,11 @@ private struct GlowModifier: ViewModifier {
         cardWidth * 0.08
     }
     
-    func body(content: Content) -> some View {
+    private var cardHeight: CGFloat {
-        if isActive {
+        cardWidth * CasinoDesign.Size.cardAspectRatio
-            content
+    }
-                .overlay {
+    
-                    // Glow effect using multiple stroke layers
+    var body: some View {
         ZStack {
             // Outer glow strokes (largest to smallest for layered glow)
             RoundedRectangle(cornerRadius: cornerRadius)
@@ -102,14 +192,13 @@ private struct GlowModifier: ViewModifier {
                     lineWidth: glowPulse ? 4 : 3
                 )
         }
-                }
+        .frame(width: cardWidth, height: cardHeight)
-                .scaleEffect(glowPulse ? 1.02 : 1.0)
+        .scaleEffect(isActive && glowPulse ? 1.02 : 1.0)
+        .opacity(isActive ? 1.0 : 0.0)
+        .animation(.easeOut(duration: 0.15), value: isActive)
         .animation(
-                    .easeInOut(duration: 0.7).repeatForever(autoreverses: true),
+            isActive ? .easeInOut(duration: 0.7).repeatForever(autoreverses: true) : .easeOut(duration: 0.15),
             value: glowPulse
         )
-        } else {
-            content
-        }
     }
 }

Baccarat/Baccarat/Views/Table/PageCurlView.swift

@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ struct PageCurlView: View {
     let card: Card
     let width: CGFloat
     let onReveal: () -> Void
+    /// Called when user starts interacting with the page curl
+    var onInteractionStarted: (() -> Void)? = nil
     
     @State private var currentIndex = 0
     
@@ -22,7 +24,11 @@ struct PageCurlView: View {
     }
     
     var body: some View {
-        PageCurlRepresentable(currentIndex: $currentIndex, onReveal: onReveal, pages: [
+        PageCurlRepresentable(
+            currentIndex: $currentIndex,
+            onReveal: onReveal,
+            onInteractionStarted: onInteractionStarted,
+            pages: [
             // Page 0: Card Back (Top side)
             AnyView(
                 CardBackView(width: width, height: height)
@@ -49,6 +55,7 @@ struct PageCurlView: View {
 private struct PageCurlRepresentable: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
     @Binding var currentIndex: Int
     let onReveal: () -> Void
+    let onInteractionStarted: (() -> Void)?
     let pages: [AnyView]
     
     func makeUIViewController(context: Context) -> UIPageViewController {
@@ -112,6 +119,12 @@ private struct PageCurlRepresentable: UIViewControllerRepresentable {
             return nextVC
         }
         
+        func pageViewController(_ pageVC: UIPageViewController,
+                                willTransitionTo pendingViewControllers: [UIViewController]) {
+            // User started interacting with the page curl
+            parent.onInteractionStarted?()
+        }
+        
         func pageViewController(_ pageVC: UIPageViewController,
                                 didFinishAnimating finished: Bool,
                                 previousViewControllers: [UIViewController],