gut-shot

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-ended straight 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 belly buster.
straight draw in which only one card will complete your hand, a.k.a. an inside straight draw. for example, you complete a gutshot straight when an eight is dealt to complete a 7-8-9-10-j straight.
jose contreras: ray lewis made the gutshot straight on the turn, that lucky b-st-rd.
bruce lee: if you ever call ray lewis a b-st-rd again he will mutilate you and then proceed to eat your children.
to either execute the act of or be recipient of a firearms wound/gsw to the abdominal area. in pre-20th century medicinal eras, being gut-shot usually meant receiving a very painful, mortal wound. in modern medicinal eras, while it’s exceptionally painful, there is a higher survival probability than might otherwise be realized by a chest wound due to the more lengthy time it takes to “bleed out.”
phil aimed his pistol at larry’s belly and gut-shot him over an argument.