Howard Lederer Biography
Howard Lederer is one of the most well known Full Tilt poker players around the world and has done a lot more for the poker community then just sit down and play cards. Howard “The Professor” Lederer has spent a lot of time in his poker career helping out the poker community including teaching poker players at a Poker Fantasy Camp. When Howard isn’t playing poker he also enjoys broadcasting and he has done countless commentary gigs for Full Tilt and FSN.
When Howard was younger he attended college which he ended up finishing and then he moved to New York City because he wanted to pursue a chess career. While Lederer was playing chess in New York he started learning the game of poker and from there he stopped playing chess so he could focus on playing poker. After playing in any cash games he could find around the city he ended up landing himself in front of the Mayfair Club. The Mayfair Club was one of the most popular poker hangouts and has produced some of the best players in the world.
Howard practices his poker game every single day at the Mayfair Club until he eventually moved away to Las Vegas in 1993 because he wanted more action. Lederer spent the next several years playing in the large cash games around the Vegas casinos and started also getting involved in tournament play. In the year 2000 Howard managed to win his first career World Series of Poker bracelet in a Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event. In total Lederer has won two WSOP bracelets and the second bracelet came only one year after the first when he won a Deuce to Seven event in 2001.
Lederer went a couple years after the bracelet in 2001 before he started winning again, but this time it wasn’t on the WSOP circuit. Howard managed to win two WPT titles in 2002 and 2003 which padded his poker achievements, but he wasn’t done there. Howard also won three titles in Bellagio events with one coming in 2003 and two of them coming in 2004. Howard continues to play in the major tournaments to this day, but he has begun to slow down on the amount of poker he plays.
Ironically Howard won his biggest payday only about a year ago when he won the $100K tournament at the 2008 Aussie Millions. Howard took home $1.25 million for his first place finish and it was definitely a nice payday for a poker player who deserved it. Howard also did well in the 2008 World Series of Poker where he finished on a couple final tables during the month of June.
If you didn’t know Howard Lederer is one of the Full Tilt Team members and he only plays online poker in the Full Tilt Poker room so you if you want to watch him you can find him playing on there sometimes. Howard also has a sister Annie Duke who is a professional poker player as well and just finished in second place in the Celebrity Apprentice. Howard also loves to play golf in his spare time and also has attended a lot of concerts throughout his life.