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Howard Lederer grew up in a family of five in which he loved participating in numerous card games when he was young. He found himself becoming really aggressive in the above-mentioned card games as he was playing his dad. After graduating from secondary school, Howard made a decision to place higher education on hold for a little bit and moved away to New York to compete in some formidable chess. While playing chess, he was brought in to a poker game going on in the back of the room. Howard's first two years were rough as he played countless hours and fail to win a majority of the time. He earned some additional money by becoming an assistant for the poker enthusiasts. He believed he might better his game by balancing his life away from poker. He made an attempt to get more rest and concentrate more on the game.

The actual advancement in his skills happened when he started betting at the Mayfair Club in New York. The Mayfair was a bridge and backgammon association where the greatest players would regularly challenge each other. He had access into several of the best players in chess. With their help, he would hone his logical thinking skills. He applied these strategic concepts to the game of No-Limit holdem.

Howard Lederer also assisted his sister Annie Duke master the game of poker. Annie Duke was a superb student of the game as she would consistently be asking questions about how to make the correct choice. Howard Lederer told Annie Duke to move out to Las Vegas and compete in the WSOP tournaments. She is one of the strongest female players the poker arena has ever seen. He moved to Las Vegas in 1993 and competed in money games for the following decade. When the WPT gained popularity, he made the decision to play more tournaments.