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 Howard Lederer
left
college
to
become a
chess
player,
but
ended up
finding
his way
to the
poker
tables.
He
worked
by day
and
played
by
night.
After
many
losses,
he found
a way to
make a
living
at the
poker
table
and
become
the
player
he is
today.
He
taught
his
sister,
Annie
Duke, to
play as
well,
and she
is now
one of
the best
known
female
poker
players
in the
industry
and
extremely
successful
herself.
One of
the
things
that
most
people
find
interesting
about
Howard Lederer
is his
demeanor
on and
off the
poker
table.
It is
rare to
find a
man with
such an
even
temper
in this
competitive
game.
Too
often
the men
whine
about
how an
opponent
plays a
hand, or
how a
person
"sucked
out" on
the
river,
but I
have
never
seen
Howard
display
these
traits.
Seeing his
posts on
the RGP
newsgroup
where he
answers
people's
questions
and
offers
them
small
insights
into
some of
the
reasoning
behind
some of
the
plays he
made in
the
past.
This is
also
something,
not
characteristic
of a
person
in the
poker
world,
that I
admire.
A person
would
most
likely
find
Howard
Lederer
in high
limit
cash
games,
but he
can also
be found
at major
tournaments
with
larger
buy-ins.
During
the 2003
World
Series
of
Poker,
he kept
a
diary-style
report
that can
be found
on the
Gutshot
Poker
site. It
was a
very
interesting
read.
The fact
that a
person
with his
skill
also
becomes
nervous
before
some of
these
events
is
comforting
to non
pros.
He
wrote,
"I have
started
to focus
solely
on how I
am
playing,
what my
chip
position
is, and
who at
my table
can be
outplayed.
Worrying
about
how
other
players
at other
tables
are
doing is
counter
productive
and I
have
basically
eliminated
it from
my
game."
These
types of
small
insights
are the
product
of many
years of
play,
and many
tournament
players
can
benefit
from
reading
them.
Some of
Howard's
poker
titles
include,
first in
the 2003
Party
Poker
Million
Limit
Hold'em,
first at
the
Bellagio's
World
Poker
Classic
No Limit
Holdem
and
third at
the
Bellagio
for
Omaha
HiLo.
Some of
his
previous
wins
include
World
Series
titles
in $5000
Omaha 8
HiLo in
2000 and
$5000
deuce to
seven
draw in
2001.
You can
play
with
Howard
at his
own
table at
online
card
room
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