[Argus]

I lent this book to a friend, so I can't look up the example. I have read it though. I think you are strongly underestimating the ability of small stakes players to call with even a single overcard. At 2/4 and 3/6 it's common to see a hand like QT or even A9 call this flop. Sklansky's advice is aimed at a game much tighter and tougher than the ones discussed in this forum. Save that kind of check for 20/40; you will get called often by lesser hands playing small stakes. That's what makes this a bet.

Of course the more players left to act behind me the more likely I am to check. With two behind me it depends who they are but I'd lean toward betting (this is the point at which I think it starts to get close). With more players than that I'm usually checking.