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Gutshot straight

A straight is considered a fairly strong hand. A gutshot straight is when a player needs one inside card to make his straight. Also known as an inside draw. The only hands that beat straight are a flush, a full house, four of a kind, or a straight flush.

"I was holding a 2356K when the 4 came up and I made my gutshot straight!"

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