The book is paying off.

[Justin A]

A few things. First of all, nowhere in Super/System does it say that you should be limping in UTG with Kx suited. Secondly, your flop raise is not what is advocated in Super/System for a number of reasons. Your opponents do not have large stacks at all, and so a fold is almost out of the question. Brunson played his draws like this to get people to fold, the draws only helped as a safety net for when he did get called. If you read the book again, you'll notice that Doyle does not advocate this system for the game you're playing in. The stacks must be much larger in relation to the blinds.

In Super/System, Doyle also cautions about moving in with flush draws, because they're so obvious. He likes moving in with straight draws because it's harder for his opponents to put him on a draw, and therefore less likely to call.

Re-read Super/System before you start playing crazy and go broke. His strategies are not meant for these max buy-in games, and he says so. Somewhere in the book he says that he has trouble winning in games where there's not much money on the table. These games we play in are a different structure than the very large buy-in games that Doyle played.

However, this does not mean that you played the hand wrong. Because your opponents did not have very large stacks, you were actually getting good odds to make that play, but you should know when you make that play that you're most likely going to get called.

Justin A