Shooting a card out of the deck

[Nurul]

So, I was wondering what your favourite kind of technique is to shoot a card out of the deck. I have two that I use

http://youtu.be/wyjIjdTidgA which is a hot shot card tutorial. I use this whenever I do the gun trick

And the top shot which dynamo tends to do a lot.

What techniques do you guys use? Do you have any different ways of shooting the card out of deck?

[MrMollusk]

I love the move "pop tard".
http://www.theory11.com/wire/mark-zellinger/pop-tard/

The angles are a bit tricky, but it's super easy and looks pretty cool.

The Benzais spin out is a pretty great one too.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNQnSKuKy6g

[Nurul]

Ah yes the benzais spin out is sweeeeet .. Where have I seen it before? I think maybe one of  bill malone's performances .. N didn't daniel madison use that on penn&teller too for his 4 ace card production?

EDIT: It wasn't DM .. I can't remember where else

Not a big fan of poptard, mainly because of all the springing that has to be done

[Curt]

I use the hotshot because it was the one of the first cuts I learned and it has just become so natural and reliable. I have played around with a few variations on the hotshot, because if I want to teach it to someone they usually have issues with the deck starting between their index and middle finger, but they just don't feel as solid in my hand.

[Nurul]

When I first started learning it, I found it comfortable holding it in that position between the index and middle finger. I remember the first few times I did it, the card would never shoot out right. Is end up just placing the card on top of the deck instead cos I just couldn't get that spring. Now I hotshot like a pro (well, kinda)