Poker Shark
Do you have the odds to call with a gutshot?
A gutshot has 4 outs, about 16% equity on the flop and 8% on the turn.
Only four cards complete a gutshot, so your equity is thin: about 16% on the flop and 8% on the turn. On direct odds you can only call small bets, around a third of the pot or less. Calling bigger bets needs strong implied odds, like stacks deep enough to get paid when you hit.
On direct pot odds, 4 outs lets you profitably call a flop bet up to about 24% of the pot. Deeper stacks and implied odds push that higher.
Quick tip: A gutshot is about 16% on the flop. Only call small bets without implied odds.
See this draw on real boards
The flop equity tables show what every starting hand is worth on these textures, precomputed against a random hand.
- J 6 2 rainbow : a dry board where a gutshot is often the only draw around
- T 5 2 rainbow : low and unconnected, gutshot country
- A 2 3 rainbow : the wheel board full of gutshots to the five
Now play the spots where it counts.
Practice against opponents who make you prove your math, hand after hand.