2017
03.01

Howard Lederer grew up in a family of 5 in which he enjoyed playing numerous card games at a young age. He found himself becoming very aggressive in the above-mentioned card games as he was playing his dad. After graduating from high school, Howard decided to place college on hold for a little bit and relocated to New York to participate in some serious chess. While participating in chess, he was brought in to a poker game going on in the back of the room. Howard’s initial two years were tough as he played countless hours and lost a majority of the time. He made some additional money by being an assistant for the poker players. He judged he possibly could better his game by balancing his life away from poker. He brought about an attempt to get more sleep and focus attention even more on poker.

The real advancement in his game happened when he began playing at the Mayfair Club in New York. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon club where the the most favorable gamblers would often compete against each other. Howard had access into several of the foremost players in chess. With their help, Howard would tweak his strategic thinking techniques. He applied these strategic ideas to the game of NL Texas Holdem.

He also assisted his sibling Annie Duke master poker. She was a great student of the game as she would consistently be asking questions about how to make the proper choice. He told Annie Duke to move out to Las Vegas and play in the WSOP competition. Annie is one of the best female players the poker world ever. Howard Lederer relocated to Vegas in Nineteen Ninety Three and played money games for the next 10 years. When the WPT grew in popularity, Howard decided to compete in more tournaments.