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Howard Lederer grew up in a family of 5 in which he loved taking part in different card games when he was young. He discovered himself getting very competitive in the above-mentioned card games as he was competing against his dad. After graduating from secondary school, Howard decided to put college on hold for a little while and headed to New York City to play some serious chess. While playing chess, he was brought in to a poker game taking place in the back of the room. Howard’s initial 2 years were difficult as he would play countless hours and lost most times. He made some additional cash by becoming an assistant for the poker players. He theorized he possibly could boost his game by balancing his life away from poker. He made an attempt to acquire more rest and focus attention more on poker.

The definite improvement in his skills happened when he began gambling at the Mayfair Club in New York. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon club where the best players would often challenge each other. He was able to access some of the foremost players in chess. With their assistance, Howard would sharpen his cunning thinking abilities. Howard applied these strategic concepts to the game of NL holdem.

Howard Lederer also helped his sister Annie Duke learn poker. She was a superb student of the game as she would always be asking questions about the right way to make the correct decision. Howard Lederer told Annie to move out to Vegas and compete in the World Series of Poker tournaments. Annie Duke is one of the best female players the poker world has ever seen. Howard headed to Las Vegas in Nineteen Ninety Three and competed in cash games for the following 10 years. When the WPT gained popularity, he decided to play more tournaments.