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Belly Buster (Poker)
A belly buster or Gut Shot, is an inside straight draw in poker. A straight draw in poker is slightly different. If you were to hold 10 (D) -J (H) and the flop came Q (C) - K (C) - 6 (S), you would have an open ended straight draw. You know that any K or 9 would make you your hand. Assuming that no 9's were out that you knew about, that would leave 8 outs or cards that could come to make you your winning hand, or a 17.02% of making your hand.
A Gut Shot - lets replay the previous hand but this time the board reads A (C) - K (C) - 6 (S). This time you need to hit any one of the 4 remaining Queens. Your odds of making this are 10.75-1, in essence you will hit every 8.51% of the time. This second scenario, or inside straight draw id what is known as a Belly Buster draw or Gut Shot.
It is important to appreciate that every 10 times you play this hand, you would only win one hand, so the odds are stacked up against you. To put this into practice, let's continue the second example from the flop, so you hold 10-J and you are chasing the Queen for your straight. There is $100 in the pot and your opponent raises $20. The pot odds here are 5:1. Now as you know you have 4 outs, the 4 remaining Queen. Your odds of making this are 10.75-1, in essence you will hit every 8.51% of the time so you should fold. Anything below $10 and you are getting about the right odds to make the call.
It is possible also to make a double belly buster draw. For instance you hold 10-J and the flop hits 8-K-Q. Now you have 8 outs (assuming no flush). You have four Aces and four 9's that would make your straight. As you have twice the outs of a regular Gut Shot, you will hit this twice as often as a Belly Buster, or Gut shot.
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