Gut-shot Edit Meaning

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In poker, four out of five cards needed to make a straight if the middle number is the one missing.

Opposite of open-ended(four cards in a row that will make a straight with either low or high card).

A gut-shot straight draw is less likely to suceed because there are only four cards that can help you. Open-endedstraight draws have better odds because there are eight cards that can make your straight.

Gut-shot = 2,3,_,5,6 or 9,10,_,Q,K

Open-ended = _,3,4,5,6,_ or _,10,J,Q,K,_

See poker, open-ended, straight, chase