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Recon Shot Tutorial

No offence dude but this is basically a simplified hot shot cut, except you just catch the card back on top of the deck...
 
Non taken ;) yea in some ways it is easier but i still like it besides if its easier it will help beginners with the real hot shot ;)
 
I don't know if Brian Tudor invented it. Though I haven't read the book, I have it on good authority that there's a very similar move in By Forces Unseen by Stephen Minch. In practice I have accidentally done this 'recon shot' while trying to learn a different move.