Career
Lederer is known as "the Poker Professor" because of his demeanor, analytical style and long history of wins. He has made an instructional poker video called Secrets of No Limit Hold'em and he runs the Howard Lederer Poker Fantasy Camp. He also co-hosts Poker Superstars and Learn from the Pros for the Fox Broadcasting Company. His sister, Katy Lederer, wrote a book about the Lederer family, Poker Face: A Girlhood Among Gamblers.
Lederer is one of the founders, co-owners and CEOs of "Tiltware Inc", the owners and creators of Full Tilt Poker, along with Ray Bitar. Since the passage of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, Tiltware renamed itself to "Pocket Kings" and relocated to Ireland.
He has won two World Series of Poker bracelets and two World Poker Tour titles. In 2008, he won A$1.25 million by winning the $100,000 No Limit Holdem Challenge, billed at the time as the world's most expensive tournament buy-in, at the Aussie Millions.
As of 2010, his total live tournament winnings exceed $5,900,000. His 43 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,541,474 of those winnings.
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