Quote Originally Posted by minSim
In the end what I'm trying to do is find a way to learn poker top down. Understanding things like balance and why end when we should balance, equity and different forms of it for different hands (i.e. draws or made hands)....and very likely tons of other things that I just don't know about at this time.
Sorry to be harsh but this just seems retarded. I don't understand why you would want to do this instead of building a good foundation in the basics with hand reading instead of leaping into stuff like making perfectly balanced ranges against players who we can exploit.

I mean I just don't understand why you would want to learn "top down". It makes no sense, sure you may be able to create a perfectly balanced range but if you suck at hand-reading then you're screwed.