This week’s word is gutshot. While it may sound a bit painful and/or somewhat messy, in poker, a gutshot refers to a straight that is completed by an inside card.

For example, if you have 9♥, 10♣ in your hand, and the flop is Q♦, 8♥, 4♠, then you would need a Jack—of any suit—on the turn or river to complete your straight.

A gutshot is the opposite of an open-ended straight (bonus word) in which any outside card would complete your hand.

In this case, if you have 9♥, 10♣ in your hand, and the flop is Q♦, J♥, 4♠, then you would need either an 8 or a King to complete your straight