Howard Lederer lived in a family of 5 in which he loved participating in different card games at a young age. He discovered himself becoming very aggressive in these particular card games as he was playing his dad. After graduating from high school, Howard decided to place higher education on hold for a little while and moved to New York to compete in 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 two years were tough as he would play countless hours and don’t win most times. He earned some extra money by being an runner for the poker players. He believed he possibly could better his game by balancing his life away from poker. He made an effort to get more rest and focus more on the game.
The actual improvement in his abilities happened when he began betting at the Mayfair Club in New York. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon club where the greatest gamblers would regularly challenge one another. He had access into some of the greatest minds in chess. With their help, he would hone his cunning thinking techniques. He used these strategy concepts in the game of NL hold’em.
Howard Lederer also helped his sibling Annie Duke master the game of poker. Annie was a great student of poker as she would always be asking questions about the right way to make the correct choice. Howard told Annie to move out to Las Vegas and play in the WSOP tournaments. She is one of the greatest women players the poker world has ever seen. He relocated to Las Vegas in Nineteen Ninety Three and participated in cash games for the subsequent 10 years. When the World Poker Tournament grew in popularity, he made the decision to participate in more tournaments.
