gut shot straight

A form of gut-shot straight — A straight obtained by an inside straight draw; a poker hand which is four cards to a straight, where only one rank can complete a straight, e.g. 3-4-6-7 requiring a five.

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Meanings

noungut shot straight (plural gut shot straights)

plural gut shot straights

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gut-shot straight.

    For this reason we formulated trips or three of a kind or better ( Or better meaning the next hand up being a straight, and not drawing to any gut shot straights but up and down only, the only exceptions being gut shot straights also drawing to a flush at the same time.)

    2010, Peter Julius Sloan, 50 Poker Hand Bunker Busters: How to Win the Jackpot, →ISBN, page 12
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