Poker experts are invited to give factual or invented guesses about the etymology of the term in poker. od/ pokerglossary/g/ Gutshot.htm - 20k - Cached
For instance, if you have 2-3-4-6, you have a gutshot. Definition: A ' gutshot' draw in poker is an inside straight draw. An example of a gutshot (also known as belly buster) is to have 89JQ.
She is also right about the term gut-shot, it appears. She feigns innocence and ignorance of games of chance, but many a poor forero has lost his stash when she plays that fifth ace, hidden in her fruit-bedecked bonnet.
