What are the odds that you will see the card on the turn or river (or both)?Ī deck has 52 cards and we have seen 5 cards already (3 on the flop + 2 in our hand). It’s a very disguised draw when it completes, which makes it very hard for opponents to see coming (like Matt Berkey in the PokerStars PCA 2019 hand seen above). Having a gutshot in poker means you only have 4 outs to complete your straight. Veklser outdraws Matt Berkey’s top pair and completes a gutshot straight draw Odds of Completing a Gutshot Straight Draw In poker, it’s not a term for physical pain, but chasing a gutshot straight draw can hurt your chip stack. Outside of the poker world, the term “gutshot” is used for a painful experience.
