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Howard Lederer
/2008-01-18/
- Nicknamed "The Professor"
- 2 WSOP bracelets
- 2 WPT titles
- 2003 WPT "Player of the Year"
Howard Lederer plays online exclusively at Full Tilt Poker.
After college, Howard moved to New York to pursue his passion for chess. It was in the back room of a chess club that he discovered poker - he was immediately hooked. For the next two years, he played poker relentlessly, clocking 70 to 80 hours a week. He went home broke nine nights out of 10.
Luckily, Howard found the Mayfair Club and became part of a group of players who were the first to experiment with No-Limit Hold 'em in New York. They'd start at 4PM and wind down by 2AM, when all the players would go to a bar for a lively discussion of the day's game. Everyone was new to the game, but the ideas flowed freely and their games improved dramatically.
In order to take his game to the next level, Howard moved to Las Vegas in 1993. Howard's game continued to improve and he earned his first of two Hall of Fame titles when he won the $2,500 No-Limit Deuce to Seven Draw event at the 1994 Hall of Fame Poker Classic. A year later, Howard earned his second title by defending his Deuce to Seven Draw title at the 1995 Hall of Fame Poker Classic.
After five more years of hard work, Howard won the first of his two gold bracelets in the $5,000 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event at the 2000 WSOP. A year later, he won his second gold bracelet in the $5,000 Deuce to Seven event at the 2001 WSOP.
Howard continued to hone his skills and in November of 2002, won his first WPT Championship title in at Foxwoods. In March of 2003, Howard won his second WPT Championship title in the $5,000 Limit Hold 'em event on The Poker Million cruise.
Just one month later, Howard won the first of his three Bellagio titles in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event at the 2003 Bellagio Five-Star World Poker Classic. His second Bellagio win was in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold 'em event in April 2004. His third Bellagio title came just 13 days later in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event.
Though Howard plays a more limited tournament schedule these days, he still loves to compete – and to beat the competition. In December 2007, he reached the final televised table at the prestigious Poker Millions in London. He quickly followed that up in January 2008 when he won $1.25 million – the largest payday of his career - after winning the $100K buy-in tournament at the Aussie Millions.
When’s he not playing, Howard enjoys providing commentary and analysis on FullTiltPoker.Net's "Learn from the Pros" and FSN's "Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament," lending credence to his nickname, "The Professor."
Further cementing his nickname, Howard enjoys running a Poker Fantasy Camp where people can play with and learn from the best in the game -- just like you can when you play on
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