How Do You Do A Hot Shot Cut Card Trick?
The hot shot cut card trick depends on speed and the use of a special method of cutting cards. The spectator is so impressed with the way the cards are cut that he or she doesn’t notice how easily the deck is manipulated to produce a particular card. Fan a deck of playing cards and ask a spectator to choose any card from the deck without letting you see the face of the card. Ask the spectator to memorize the card and then hand it to you. Place the card on the bottom of the deck. Perform a controlled shuffle that keeps the specator’s card at the bottom of the deck. Perform the hot shot shuffle and push the spectator’s card from the deck. Place the deck in your hand so the bottom card is lying against your palm and the deck is being held in place with index and middle fingers on the long sides. Apply pressure with the back of your thumb to a corner of the deck and your index finger as a pivot to peel away the top half of the deck. Pivot the top of the deck around your index finger until
