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Gut Shot (straight draw)
A gut shot is the poker term for an inside straight draw. For instance you hold 7
8
and the flop comes 9 10
Q where any Jack would make you a straight. A natural straight draw would be 9 10 A where any 6 or Jack would make you a straight. This would not be considered a Gut Shot. With this hand, you will be looking for only one of four cards meaning that you will not be a favorite to make the hand.
The key to chasing an inside straight draw is not to over commit yourself as the odds will be stacked against you making that hand. You want to try to catch one of your four possible cards on the cheap. You are about 8-1 to make the hand on the flop so if you face a $50 bet, then there should be at least $400 in the pot. Any less and you are not getting the pot odds to make the call.
If you get to the turn and you still haven't made your hand, you would be looking at over $1650 that would need to be in the pot to warrant a call. The draw is similar in potential to calling a big bet pre flop with a small pocket pair. You will only hit your set with these 7 or 8 times you play. It is therefore to get in cheap and keep mixing up your play.
There is a big difference between calling a sizable bet with only four cards in the deck that can help you and being the aggressor. In being the aggressor you are giving yourself more chance of winning the hand. This play would be called a semi-bluff as you are betting and have cards that can make you a winning hand. You also have the chance that your opponents will fold giving you the pot, which you don't have by simply calling down bet after bet.
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