About Gutshot


Gutshot was started by Barry Martin in October 2000 as a means of providing an on-line forum for players throughout the UK.

Derek Kelly became involved with Gutshot in 2001.

Since 2001 the site has grown to be among the most popular poker reference and information web sites on the internet.

Gutshot became involved in the provision of on-line poker games in 2001 and has built a reputation as being the best value for players of any site on-line.

The policy of Gutshot is to return in excess of 75% of net profits to players.

Gutshot is made up of poker players who are tasked with the job of providing the best value and resource for poker players and Gutshot has gained a reputation world-wide for excellence.

In poker parlance, a 'Gutshot' is when a player draws the necessary middle card to make a straight; e.g. A player holding 4-5 as their hole cards and the flop comes down 8-Q-7. The turn brings a 6 and the player has hit a Gutshot. (Getting one in the middle in the middle if you like).

The word Gutshot cannot be defined or used for anything else. This means that we are perfectly correct when we say;

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