Bowling for Sklansky Dollars
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and was in bad shape against Ross's 
. But the flop changed the whole tenor of the hand when it came down 
to make a set of tens for Sklansky. The turn and river couldn't save Ross from losing the hand -- they were the 
and the 
.As Sklansky raked in a pot worth 26,000, someone in the crowd shouted out, "Wow, that dude just won Sklansky Dollars off of Sklansky."
Sklansky Dollars (a phrase not actually coined by David Sklansky) is a sarcastic concept used to imply what a player's theoretical profit would be over the long-term if he got his money in "good" in a given situation every time -- for example, when he has a 4.5:1 edge with pocket aces over a smaller pocket pair. If the pot is worth 26,000 chips, the player holding aces has roughly 21,000 chips worth of equity in the pot. Of course, if his opponent makes a set, he gets zero of the pot. But in Sklansky Dollars, he's up 21,000.
Ross heard the comment and ran with it. "You owe me a lot of Sklansky Dollars for that one, David. Which book is that play outlined in?"
Sklansky had no comment.