Howard Lederer

Howard Lederer is consider as one of the most quick-witted and the best poker player nowadays with multiple World Series Of Poker bracelets and World Poker Tour titles and roughly $ 5,000,000 in total poker tournament earnings. He seems to have gained the respect of other players and shows a serious intellectual manner of play and it was perhaps this that entitled him the nickname of the professor by teaching his sister Annie Duke how to play poker. In 1980's, as he is following his dream as a chess champion and a member of a Mayfair Club - a legendary circuit and home to ... Read Full Story

In the middle and later stages of tournaments, there are often times when you're forced to make a pretty big commitment on a relatively weak holding. These are uncomfortable spots because you never want to risk a large percentage of your chips with a mediocre hand. Things get even more difficult when you're playing from the blinds and out of position. For example, say you're playing late in a tournament. The blinds are $500 and $1,000, and there's a $100 ante. You're in the small blind with $18,000. It's folded around to the button, an aggressive player who raises frequently in late position. He ... Read Full Story

Anne Duke was born Anne LaBarr Lederer in Concord, New Hampshire . She is the sister of another professional poker player, Howard Lederer . She has a sister, Katy Lederer, who is an author and poet who also wrote a book the Lederer family, titled Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers . Annie went to Columbia University where she double-majored in English and psychology. Subsequent to her undergraduate years, Duke was awarded an NSF Fellowship to attend graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania to study psycholinguistics, a field within cognitive psychology. She married Ben Duke, a close friend from the same university, and ... Read Full Story

Many of the people crowding the tournament circuit these days developed their interest in serious poker from watching broadcasts of the World Poker Tour and the World Series of Poker*. With hole cards shown as the hands are played out, viewers get to see how the best players in the world ply their craft. They can then apply the lessons they've learned in their own play. In the last couple of years, I've noticed that some of the less experienced players who have entered $10,000 buy-in tournaments don't fully appreciate what they've seen on TV. Many are apt to misapply the techniques they've witnessed. ... Read Full Story

Howard Lederer , originally uploaded by pokerwire . Howard H. Lederer is a professional poker player and brother of poker professional Annie Duke, and author and poet Katy Lederer. Howard Lederer was born October 30, 1964 in Concord, New Hampshire. Howard Lederer currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada with his wife Suzie, son Mattias, and three dogs. Howard Lederers father is Richard Lederer, a writer and linguist who taught at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire. Lederer was a young chess talent and after high school he moved to New York City, where he attended Columbia University. New York City is known for its ... Read Full Story