There are gutshot straights made from the outside: A-2-3-4 and J-Q-K-A. Generally, the term gutshot straight is used to refer to a made straight, and the term gutshot straight draw is used to refer to the hand that can become a gutshot straight or to the action that can create it. The odds on a gutshot straight draw are lower than on a standard straight draw. In other words, the gutshot straight, or belly buster, is a straight where the fifth card sits between the lowest and highest rank of the available cards. In the poker vernacular, this type of straight is a gutshot straight, referring to how it was made and the low odds of doing so.

If a player held 9-10, the flop is 2-Q-K and the turn is a J, the flush completes from the inside. If a player holds 6-7, the flop is 8-9-K and the turn is a 5 or 10, the straight completes from the outside. When a new card, whether a drawn card or on the flop, turn or river, completes a straight, that card is inside or outside. A standard straight comprises cards of at least two different suits, and the more valuable straight flush comprises cards only of the same suit. In poker, a straight consists of five cards in sequential order, such as 8, 9, 10, J, Q.