Dollar EV ($EV) is the most important metric for tournament decisions, converting probabilities of finishing in each position into expected monetary values. A play has positive $EV when it increases the weighted sum of finish probabilities multiplied by corresponding prizes. The discrepancy between cEV and $EV is largest near bubbles and final tables, where eliminating someone can increase the guaranteed prizes for all survivors. Calculating $EV precisely requires ICM software, but intuition about when situations carry high ICM pressure enables practical approximations at the table.