It depends on which hand you are. If you hold the deck in your left hand then your bad angles are on your right side, your left side is a little iffy, but it shouldn't be too bad. And vice-versa if you hold it with your right.
Yup. Theres a surrounded version thats kinda cool, but it is sleightly unnatural. If you need to do it surrounded you could pull it off with this method and I dont think people would question.