Editing Howard Lederer (section)

===Early career===
After graduating from high school, Lederer began playing chess in [[New York City]] before discovering and developing an interest in live poker games and becoming a member of the [[Mayfair Club]].<ref name="Bluff06" /><ref name="DelMar">{{Cite web |last=Del Mar |first=Maria |date=June 27, 2008 |title=Howard Lederer - Poker Player Profile |url=https://www.pokernewsdaily.com/howard-lederer-77/ |access-date=April 4, 2024 |website=Poker News Daily |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Holden">{{Cite book |last=Holden |first=Anthony  |url=https://archive.org/details/biggerdealyearon0000hold |title=Bigger Deal: A Year Inside the Poker Boom |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2007 |isbn=9781416539292 |page=[https://archive.org/details/biggerdealyearon0000hold/page/175 175] |quote=howard lederer gastric bypass. |access-date=May 7, 2013|via=Archive.org |url-access=registration}}</ref> Though he briefly attended [[Columbia University]], Lederer ultimately decided to pursue a career in poker.<ref name="Bluff06" /><ref name="Moe" /> It was during his time in New York City that Lederer began to mentor his sister, Annie Duke, who was playing poker in [[Billings, Montana]] at the time.<ref name="Bluff06" /><ref name="Moe" />

Lederer attempted to qualify for a [[World Series of Poker]] (WSOP) event in 1986, but was unsuccessful. The next year, he made the final table and finished fifth in the $10,000 no limit [[Texas hold em|Hold 'em]] [[WSOP Main Event|Main Event]].<ref name="Caldwell" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=18th World Series of Poker - WSOP 1987, No Limit Hold'em World Championship |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/event.php?a=r&n=8035 |access-date=March 29, 2024 |website=The Hendon Mob |language=en}}</ref> In 1993, Lederer moved to [[Las Vegas]] to focus on his poker career.<ref name="PokerListingsHoward" /><ref name="Holden" />