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The thing about this book is this; while the game theory concepts are explained to give even a post-office worker a chance of understanding them, applying them all in a live game requires a mind of Sklanksy's enormity, I've also felt for some time that Sklansky's beard was false and I didn't like the yellow cover.

It's a book that needs to be read however, along with the Harrington series and your Brunson's Super Systems. One needs to be cautious when reading such books though. While a satellite navigation system will get you anywhere you want to go, you ought to have a rough idea of how to get there anyway in case it fails, with poker books, you can follow the strategies suggested by it's principles, but you ought to understand the principles themselves so you can develop your own strategies according to the conditions of play you find yourself in.

I prefer to use these books as means of looking clever in coffee shops rather than as a guide to playing poker. One cannot deny one's own personality, so all the poker books in the world will not help you if their strategies demand a conflicting style of play to your personality. One can't play tight patient poker if you're a hyper-active lunatic for example. So sayeth me, amen.