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Howard Lederer grew up in a family of five in which he enjoyed gambling on different card games when he was young. He discovered himself getting really competitive in the above-mentioned card games while competing against his father. After graduating from Sr. High school, Howard made a decision to put higher education on hold for a bit and moved away to New York to compete in some serious chess. While competing in chess, he was introduced to a poker game taking place in the rear of the room. Howard’s initial two years were tough as he would play many hours and lost a majority of the time. He made some additional money by being an assistant for the poker players. He judged he could better his game by analyzing his life outside of poker. He brought about an attempt to get more sleep and focus more on the game.

The actual advancement in his skills happened when he began betting at the Mayfair Club in New York City. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon club where the the most favorable players would frequently compete against each other. He was able to access a number of the foremost minds in chess. With their assistance, he would tweak his cunning thinking abilities. He used these strategy concepts in the game of NL texas hold’em.

He also assisted his sister Annie Duke learn poker. She was an excellent student of the game as she would always be asking questions about the right way to make the correct choice. Howard Lederer told Annie to head out to Vegas and play in the WSOP tournaments. She is one of the best female players the poker world has ever seen. Howard headed to Las Vegas in 1993 and played money games for the successive 10 years. When the World Poker Tournament grew in popularity, he made the decision to compete in more tournaments.