[Jacques]

For someone with no interest in mathematics, it requires a lot of discipline to go over all of this in order to extract what is useful. The math is not hard but there is a lot of it.

There are a lot of games that have their optimal strategy derived in the text. Poker players are interested in the lessons learned from this and would expect all the calculations in an appendix. I have an interest in the concepts but the calculations are only relevant for the math geeks who want to verify that the proofs are correct.

This book could be rewritten and cover the exact same material in a way that would be appealing to poker players. I can't blame the math guys who wrote this but the editor should know better.

I would guess than less than 1% of players who buy this book will actually read it.