Howard Lederer was born into in a family of five in which he enjoyed playing different card games at a young age. He found himself getting really aggressive in these particular card games while competing against his dad. After graduating from secondary school, Howard made a decision to put higher education on hold for a little bit and headed to New York City to compete in some serious chess. While competing in chess, he was introduced to a poker game going on in the back of the room. Howard’s first two years were rough as he would play extensive hours and do not win most times. He made some extra cash by being an assistant for the poker players. He judged he possibly could better his game by balancing his life away from poker. He brought about an attempt to get more sleep and concentrate even more on poker.
The definite advancement in his abilities happened when he started gambling at the Mayfair Club in New York City. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon association where the the most favorable gamblers would regularly challenge one another. Howard was able to access some of the best players in chess. With their help, Howard would tweak his strategic thinking techniques. He applied these strategy ideas to the game of NL hold’em.
He also helped his sister Annie Duke learn poker. Annie Duke was a superb student of the game as she constantly asked questions about the right way to make the correct choice. Howard Lederer told Annie to move out to Las Vegas and play in the World Series of Poker tournaments. Annie is one of the greatest women players the poker world has ever seen. Howard headed to Las Vegas in 1993 and competed in money games for the next decade. When the WPT grew in popularity, he decided to play more tournaments.
