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Howard Lederer lived in a family of 5 in which he liked gambling on different card games at a young age. He discovered himself becoming really competitive in the above-mentioned card games as he was competing against his father. After finishing secondary school, Howard made a decision to place higher education on hold for a little while and moved to New York to play some formidable chess. While participating in chess, he was brought in to a poker game going on in the rear of the room. Howard’s first 2 years were tough as he played countless hours and fail to win most times. He earned some extra money by becoming an assistant for the poker players. He judged he could improve his game by adjusting his life away from poker. He brought about an effort to acquire more rest and focus more on poker.

The actual advancement in his abilities happened when he started betting at the Mayfair Club in New York. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon club where the greatest players would regularly challenge one another. Howard was able to access several of the greatest minds in chess. With their assistance, Howard would hone his cunning thinking techniques. Howard applied these strategic ideas to the game of NL hold’em.

Howard Lederer also assisted his sibling Annie Duke learn poker. She was an excellent student of the game as she would consistently be asking questions about how to make the correct choice. Howard Lederer told Annie Duke to move out to Sin City and compete in the World Series of Poker competition. She is one of the strongest women players the poker world has ever seen. Howard headed to Sin City in 1993 and played money games for the subsequent 10 years. When the WPT grew in popularity, he made the decision to participate in more tournaments.