Howard Lederer alias "The Professor"

Last Update: 31. October 2011

“I’m pursuing a career and earning a living doing something I love, not many people get that opportunity.”

Howard about his love for poker

Date of Birth:	30.10.1964
Place of Birth:	Concord, US
Zodiac Sign:	Scorpio
Marital Status:	Married
Children:	Son Mattias
Residence:	Las Vegas, US
Nationality:	USA
Education:	Dropped out of the University of Columbia to become a professional poker player.
Hobbies:	Golf, music, chess, his family
Favorite...
...Music:	Rock (Grateful Dead), Rap
...Movie(s):	Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory"
...Celebrity:	Not star struck
...Food:	Is a vegetarian
Starting Playing Poker:	...during his childhood, played with his father
Favorite Poker Variations(s):	n/a
Playing Style:	Analytical, mathematical, aggressive
Poker Colleagues he respects most:	Chip Reese, Stu Ungar, Phil Ivey, Erik Seidel
If he could change anything in the world:	...he would end poverty
Distinctions:	Developed his own Zen-based form of “poker meditation”; won $ 10,000 eating a cheeseburger; underwent gastric bypass surgery to combat his weight problems; claims to have been to 125 concerts of "The Grateful Dead"; is the brother of poker pro Annie Duke

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Howard Lederer

Poker pro Howard Lederer, one of the most famous poker players of all times, was born on October 30th, 1964 in Concord, New Hampshire. Howard grew up alongside his sisters Annie (now famous herself as poker pro Annie Duke) and Katy in a family of academics...

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