gut-shot straight

plural gut-shot straights · alternative gut shot straight · alternative gutshot straight

1. slangcard gamesA 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.

   Whenever you decide to draw to a gut-shot straight, you need to be sure that the pot will not be raised behind you.

   2003, Matthew Hilger, Internet Texas Hold'em, →ISBN, page 190

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   There is half the chance of hitting a gut-shot straight draw as making an open-ended straight draw and that is why the gut-shot draws should be discarded and the open-ended draws considered as a decent chance.

   2008, Paul Mendelson, The Mammoth Book of Poker, →ISBN