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[barryc83]

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Can anyone explain to me the concept of 'Sklansky Bucks'? Or link me to a thread ? I'd appreciate it . .

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Alright Ill try this before I go to bed. I'm not sure if this is techinically the definition, but its what Sklansky's getting at.

Say youre playing 50nl and effective stacks are exactly $50. You and one opponent see a flop in the blinds for $.50 each thus a $1 pot. Dont worry about open limping in the SB and all that, you both see a flop for $.50. Now this is a good flop and you are exactly a 2:1 favorite (66.67% to win). You and your opponent get AI on this flop somehow (once again it doesnt matter what the action is, youre just AI), pot=$100 assume no rake.

.6667*100=+$66.67 for the times that you win

.3333*(-100)=-$33.33 for the time you lose

Add them up and your $Ev=+33.34.
So regardless of what the actual outcome is, everytime you get it in on this flop as a 2:1 fav for 100bb, you win $33.34 sklansky bux. Usually people talk about making sklansky bux when they get sucked out on in this situation (they really lost $100 bc of the suckout but made $33.34 in sklansky bux).