[jeffnc]

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I read some more last night rereading some sections.I guess what threw me was that in the early sections it talks about conventional ways of playing.How to keep the pot small,why to keep the pot small.This is exactly why I bought the book.Then it seems to completely change gears when you come to the SPR section.Im just having a hard time wrapping my head around how forcing myself to be commited with such a weak hand can be profitable.

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IMO what you should be taking from the book is:
- what to try for in terms of commitment if you can get it
- if you can't, then whatever you do avoid "no man's land" of difficult SPRs. Pay big pots, or little pots, but not in between. Use SPR to guide what big or little means, and to thus guide your preflop raise sizes and postflop line.

I don't think they "changed gears", I think they offered an alternative way of looking at things. They are explaining to us that there are 3 basic options, one of which might be new to you. They go on to explain that you shouldn't choose the worst option of the 3.