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Howard Lederer

Hometown: Las Vegas

Country of Origin: United States UNITED STATES

Lifetime Winnings
Career Titles
Career Cashes
$5,721,970
14
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Howard Lederer
 

Howard Lederer Bio

 

Howard Lederer credits his competitive edge to his early card-playing experiences with his siblings.

At the age of 18, he pursued his passion for chess, and moved to New York to play professionally. He discovered a new passion in poker and began playing, and went broke most of the time until he began gaining experience at the famous Mayfair Club. This was home to professionals such as Dan Harrington and Erik Seidel. Lederer improved his game and moved to Las Vegas in 1993.

In 2002, he shifted his focus from cash games to tournaments. "The Professor" has two World Series of Poker bracelets in the 2000 $5,000 Omaha eight-or-better and the 2001 $5,000 deuce-to-seven draw events. He also won the 2002 World Poker Tour Championship at Foxwoods, is the 2003 WPT PartyPoker Million champion, and won three Five-Star World Poker Classic events. In 2008, Lederer took down the $100,000 buy-in no-limit hold'em event at the Aussie Millions, scoring a $1.1 million payday.

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