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Gutshot is the nickname for an inside straight draw. For example, we hold 5679 and are waiting on an 8 in order to complete our straight. The nickname gutshot is so popular that the term ‘inside straight draw’ has almost entirely faded from use. Gutshotis essentially the new official name for this type of draw.
Grinding refers to playing long hours at the poker table, often in the hopes of making a living. It’s not a term that originated with poker – the dictionary definition of grind is “hard dull work”. It conveys the idea of doing something repetitive and boring – in exchange for a monetary reward in the case of poker. However, poker players often just use the term grinding interchangeably with “playing poker” – it no longer necessarily implies long hours or a dull experience.
Gap refers to the distance in rank between two cards. In Hold’em, the starting hand 79s (seven nine suited) is referred to as a suited one-gapper because there is a gap of one rank between the two cards. 96s is hence referred to as a two-gapper while 95s is referred to as a three-gapper. The term can be applied to other scenarios. The starting hand T876 in Omaha is referred to as “ten-high rundown top gap”.
A full house is a 5-card poker hand made up from three-of-a-kind and one-pair, for example KKKQQ. They are named using the following expression - “X’s full of Y’s” - where X is the three-of-a-kind component and Y is the pair component. As an example, KKKQQ is called “Kings full of Queens”. In the vast majority of poker formats, a full house beats a flush, but loses to four-of-a-kind.
Freeroll essentially refers to a situation where we can never lose, but we might win. Read on as we explain exactly in which situations one may use the term freeroll in poker.
The term free card refers to a situation where we or our opponent get to see another card without putting additional chips into the pot. A free card can either be a positive or negative thing depending on who the free card benefits the most. In situations where a free card might benefit our opponent we try and avoid giving the free card. In a situations where a free card benefits us, we might deliberately look to take the free card by checking.
