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Sharpie is your issue more conceptual than mathematical? To what level did you study maths at school? Most of the algebra in the book is pretty simple.
I pretty much cheated and skipped algebra because I thought I wouldn't need it (dumb)
I understood some of the math, but I was just wanting to understand a couple of the later equations in the book. I pretty much got every concept, but whereas alot of the book I think you can apply it to your game without fully knowing the math, I don't feel there's a way to accurately apply the last part of the game theory section without fully understanding the math.
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I doubt you can use the solutions for those simple games to make any conclusions in real poker.
As to understanding the derivations from MoP... it may be hard if you don't have mathematical background. I wouldn't worry much though. Just picture the solution try to improve on one of the players strategy and once you see it's impossible you got it. Being able to solve those games yourself is not that important I believe.
I disagree, I believe if I understand how they calculate the last couple of equations in the game theory part of the book, I can apply that to my own situations with a predetermined board and distributions, and get a pretty good idea of how often an optimal player should be betting with 1 card to come.