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It's a fantastic book, but I agree that it shouldn't be your first one. It is indeed for advanced players.

I read Chip Reese's 7-stud section in the original Super/System(it's not in the updated version that just came out). Reese is one of the best players ever, and his 7-stud section is well written and excellent.

I studied the hell out of it, then out of Ray Zee's book, and within a few months went from never having played in a casino before to a regular winning player at the 10/20 and 15/30 tables in the Commerce and other L.A. casinos. If you take your studying seriously, it's an excellent study plan that will shave many years off your learning curve. I made myself flash cards on strategic concepts and odds that I drilled on constantly, etc., so I do mean SERIOUSLY.

I would also strongly recommend Theory of Poker. I read that one too during my initial study period, and it has valuable concepts in it. Many are the same as you'll find in Ray Zee's book and Chip Reese's work, but Theory of Poker is probably the best poker book ever written and will just give you a general thorough grounding in poker and deeper level understanding of it.