gut-shot straight

See also: gut shot straight and gutshot straight

English

Alternative forms

• gut shot straight
• gutshot straight

Noun

gut-shot straight (plural gut-shot straights)

1. (poker slang) 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.
   • 2003, Matthew Hilger, Internet Texas Hold'em, →ISBN, page 190:

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

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

     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.