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Howard Lederer was born into in a family of five in which he loved participating in different card games at a young age. He found himself getting really competitive in these particular card games as he was competing against his father. After graduating from secondary school, Howard decided to place higher education on hold for a bit and headed to New York City to compete in some serious chess. While competing in chess, he was brought in to a poker game going on in the rear of the room. Howard’s initial 2 years were difficult as he would play countless hours and lost a majority of the time. He made some extra money by being an runner for the poker players. He believed he possibly could improve his game by analyzing his life away from poker. He brought about an effort to get more sleep and focus attention even more on poker.

The actual improvement in his game happened when he began playing at the Mayfair Club in New York. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon association where the best players would regularly play against each other. He was able to access a number of the greatest minds in chess. With their assistance, he would tweak his strategic thinking techniques. Howard applied these strategic ideas to the game of No-Limit holdem.

He also helped his sister Annie Duke master poker. She was a great student of the game as she would always be asking questions about how to make the proper decision. Howard told Annie Duke to head out to Vegas and play in the World Series of Poker tournaments. Annie is one of the greatest female players the poker world today. He headed to Vegas in 1993 and participated in money games for the successive decade. When the WPT gained popularity, Howard decided to participate in more tournaments.