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In that case you really don't need to get more books. I'd recommend studying SSHE until you know that book well. Just put the other books aside for awhile.
I stated the above earlier, and I should add that if you really know that book well you should be beating low limits games if you're playing live. Few people at the low limits will have studied that book. Few people at those limits will have studied any poker book.
I can't emphasize this (the advice I quoted above) enough. If you study a book for beginners you will play better than many of your opponents at the lower limits. SSHE is a book that covers a lot more ground than the best beginners books and as a result, your game should be much better than the average opponents at your table after you study this book.
Also, there is so much good information in the book that if you just read it from start to finish a few times, you'll forget a lot of what you read. This isn't to say that it's a bad thing to read it from start to finish. You should do that. However, it does help to concentrate on the chapters that you may be having trouble with. If you have any questions, that's what these forums are for.
When newer posters come on the forum and ask about how to beat low limit games, there is a reason why the response is often "Study SSHE." The book is that good.
One thing that might help is this:
archives1.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=books&Number=5031920&fpart =1&PHPSESSID=
The above is a link to a SSHE study group from a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, the group fizzled out after a few weeks, but at the very least it can't hurt to take a look at it. If you click on the link, it will go to week 4 of the study group, and you will also find three links to the first 3 weeks of the study group.
Another helpful link is this:
http://pokereagles.net/poker-forum/showthread.php?t=846
This link goes to a site with links to poker quizzes by Ed Miller, who is one of the authors of SSHE. It's good practice and a good way to review some of the concepts in SSHE.
I anticipate that someone might respond to this post by saying something like this: "But I studied SSHE and I still can't win."
If that's the case, then you should try to post some hands on these forums that you had trouble with, and you may even post some hands that you feel more comfortable with just to check up on things. That way you'll get feedback from others and this will give you a better idea of how well (or how poorly) you're playing.
If someone really thinks they understand the material in SSHE and they aren't winning, they could be:
1. Getting terrible cards, or
2. They don't understand the material in the book as well as they think they do.
Posting hands will help people determine if the problem is #1 or #2.