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Howard Lederer was born into in a family of five where he loved participating in various card games at a young age. He found himself becoming really competitive in the above-mentioned card games as he was competing against his father. After graduating from secondary school, Howard made a decision to place higher education on hold for a little while and relocated to New York City to participate in some big-time chess. While competing in chess, he was introduced to a poker game taking place in the back of the room. Howard’s initial 2 years were rough as he played countless hours and lose a majority of the time. He made some extra money by becoming an assistant for the poker players. He believed he possibly could boost his game by analyzing his life away from poker. He made an attempt to acquire more rest and focus attention even more on the game.

The definite improvement in his skills began when he started wagering at the Mayfair Club in New York. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon association where the the most favorable players would often challenge one another. Howard had access into several of the foremost players in chess. With their help, he would tweak his strategic thinking abilities. Howard applied these strategy ideas to the game of NL holdem.

Howard Lederer also assisted his sister Annie Duke master poker. Annie Duke was a great student of poker as she would consistently be asking questions about the right way to make the correct choice. Howard told Annie Duke to move out to Las Vegas and compete in the WSOP competition. She is one of the best women players the poker world has ever seen. Howard relocated to Vegas in 1993 and competed in cash games for the successive 10 years. When the WPT gained popularity, he decided to play more tournaments.