[GrekeHaus]

Thanks. You're reply makes the most sense of any I've gotten. One thing I've noticed about Hilger's starting hand recommendations is that many of them tend to be too passive. I agree with all the things you said which is why I usually raise in this situation, it just happened that in this case I didn't.

I haven't read SSH yet. I've read Hilger's book, Lee Jones's book, and Sklansky's Hold 'em Poker. I'll probably read it eventually, but I haven't yet because I'm not sure that it will offer any more insight than the other books. If someone would be so kind, I would be interested to know what types of things I might learn from this book that aren't already covered in the other books.