howard lederer espn chat??????

[benhoug 0]

Did anyone see this? F-ing ESPN and their stupid insider, they never let you read these things...... Can anyone help out?

[The Czar 0]

I didn't get to see it either, anyone?

[RayPowers 0]

bump. I love these things.Ray

[MenTheMasterOwns 0]

For those who missed Howard Lederer's chat on Espn.com yesterday:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Welcome to The Show. On Thursday, poker player Howard Lederer will join us online to answer your questions right here in chat.Howard left college to become a chess player, but ended up finding his way to the poker tables. Howard was a regular in No Limit Hold 'Em at the elite Mayfair club in New York. Eventually, Howard moved to Vegas and has quickly become one of the most respected players around.Of note, it was Howard who worked with his sister -- Annie Duke-- and encouraged Annie to come to Las Vegas and play in the WSOP tournaments.Send in your questions to Howard now, then join him for the answers right here at 5 p.m. ET, Thursday!-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Andrew Feldman: Welcome to the ESPN/Bluff Magazine chat of the week! Today we have "The Professor" Howard Lederer. Send in all your questions now, Howard will be here in just a couple minutes.Howard Lederer: Hey everyone. I'm ready to answer your questions. Fire away.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Craig (Louisville, KY): If you could put together the toughest final table, who would you include and why?Howard Lederer: I would include Phil Ivey, Chip Reese, Doyle Brunson, Barry Greenstein. Certainly those guys. They are the seasoned pros who have been there and done that and have seen it all. They couldn't be intimidated by any situation. Those are the guys that have proven themselves over the last 20 years.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Willie (chicago): playing heads up against annie 10 times ...how many do you win? and what would her answer be if asked the same question?Howard Lederer: I'd like to think that I'd win 6 out of 10. She's a very good player, and I'd never like to admit that she's better than me, so I'd like to think I'd win. She'd win her fair share. She would probably say the same thing.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff (Bellingham, WA): Phil Gordon advises limping with big hands about four or five times less often as you raise with a big hand. Doesn't this make you dangerously prone to madness-inducing beats with premium holdings? Is the deception value worth this over the long run, in your opinion?Howard Lederer: I hate limping with big hands, but the reason I hate it is because I always open all of my hands (marginal and big hands) with a raise. If I only limp is with a big hand that means that I will have to limp with a medium strength hand as well - and I hate limping. I do not limp. Limping with big hands should definitely be left to the pros. Beginning and intermediate players need to be raising. They need to have a good enough hand to raise and they need to raise it.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jordan (Boston): Hey Howard.......What is more important: the WSOP Bracelet or the Prize Money?Howard Lederer: Thats an easy one. The bracelet.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mike, Denver, CO: At what point in your life did you realize that you should become a pro at poker? How long and difficult was that transition?Howard Lederer: I was about 22 when I realized I was going to go pro. I started too young at the age of 18 and I struggled to become a winning player for two years. I had a passion fo rthe game I studied it a ton and between the age of 20 and 22 I progressed rapidly, but those first 2 years were very difficult. I felt like I was a pro at 22.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mike (Fairfax, VA): Does playing online poker really improve your game for live action?Howard Lederer: Well definitely. When you are playing online poker, like on fulltiltpoker.com, you are developing very valuable poker skills. Betting patterns, hand requirements, just the basic very important technical skills. The one thing it doesnt prepare you for is reading other players, but it does develop all the other skills that are just as important.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bryan: Howard. How are the sales going on your new video game, and was it fun to make?Howard Lederer: From what I hear its the top selling game at best buy (of the poker games). I had a lot of fun consulting and there was a period in development when they had a pretty good poker engine and I got to play against it. After playing against it I noticed a lot of weaknesses and so I gave them notes to plug those holes. It was a lot of fun. World Championship Poker 2 is avaliable everywhere so go check it out.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Troy (Minot, ND): Mr. Lederer, I admire your play tremedously and have an off beat question. When a player wins money at a tournament, what is the PC amount to tips the dealers? ThanksHoward Lederer: It used to be between 2 and 3%, but now most major tournaments already have 3% taken out for dealers and staff so I basically dont tip anymore since you are essentially tipping every time you play. In the past a seasoned pro used to tip and usually between 2 and 3%, but if a new player won, the dealer might end up with nothing. Now they take it off the top and they dont have to worry about it anymore.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mike (Denver, CO): Do you worry that your television exposure may work against you in future competition?Howard Lederer: I actually disagree with that statement. Poker is a game of patterns and mixing it up. When people see me on TV, I play a certain style that night or just in the hands that are shown that day. Everytime I play in the future months people are over-reacting to the way that I saw on tv - which might not even be the way I played. I'm aware of what was shown on TV and I play in a way that takes advantage of it.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff (Bellingham, WA): Besides suited connectors, are there certain speculative hands you like to limp with from late position? Small pairs? Suited aces? All of the above? What is the best value for your limping investment?Howard Lederer: The only time I limp is if I'm in late position and there has been a number of limpers to my right. Then I might play any of those hands witha limp. If noone has entered a pot to my right, I'll never limp.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DP (New Jesey): Any advise on playing AK if you don't hit the flop? What about if you hit and someone re-raises you?Howard Lederer: Usually if I have an A-K, I'll raise the pot. If its checked to me I'll bet at it if I miss. If I hit the flop and I get raised, it will all come down to my read. Its a hard hand to get away from depending on the situation.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Bryan (G.C. Kansas): Hi Howard. I really like watching Learn Poker from the Pros on FSN. Have you completed all of the episodes and do you think there will be a second season. Thank you.Howard Lederer: We have completed 26 episodes and I believe 13 or 14 of them have aired. I'm not sure about a second season, we have covered most of the topics that I was looking to cover. Its a great show for those that want to learn about the game. There may be a season 2 if we can take all poker programming on FSN and find the most interesting points. In a couple years we could cover the same topics, but with new hands. I dont think a new season will be out right away.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------James (Marion, OH): Hi Howard. You are one of the subjects of the book The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King. Have you read the book? If so, do you think the author (Michael Craig) gave an accurate portrayal of the events that took place during the visits from Andy Beal?Howard Lederer: It is extremely accurate. He talked to everyone - all the major players - he crosschecked the facts from different accounts and the details of the various trips and money went back of forth is all very very accurate.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ben (Virginia): Do you find it frustrating to deal with the over-aggression of the influx of new players from the online arena? How do you deal with them?Howard Lederer: When I'm at a table and people are playing too aggressively against me (such as the TV table at the main event), all you have to do is sit back and run big hands against these guys. If someone is going to be overly agressive thats the way to deal with these people. Sit back, wait for a good hand, and you will win.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dane (Minneapolis): Which player is the most fun to sit down next to at the poker table?Howard Lederer: I'm going to have to go with Doyle Brunson. He's one of the funniest poker players I've ever met. Great sense of humor. Just sitting there and listening to the funny stories from the old days is great entertainment for me.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------David (Akron, OH): How do you maintain focus when there is a loud/obnoxious player at your table?Howard Lederer: That takes some experience. When I'm sitting at the table, I'm there to play poker and there to win. If someone is going to use that kind of behavior to get me off my game, I wont let it happen. It takes lots of experience.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------jeff (chicago): can you describe Layne Flack's playing style? a lot of the pros say it is unique and they don't even recommend playing that way...Howard Lederer: Well, he's a great player and when he's on his game he's about as great as anybody. Layne has a natural flakiness that he makes other people think that he's a goofball. He has a slightly unorthodox style and combined with his personality gives him great action when he has a big hand. He plays solid poker, but people dont realize it.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Vandy (Salina, KS): When you are reading someone, what is the biggest thing you are looking at to determine if they have what you think they have?Howard Lederer: First of all, the number one reading tool (can be used online too) is the betting pattern. Once I've determined by their betting pattern, what I think they have - I first trying to figure out what they are trying to convince me they have, and then I take the read and ask myself, are they telling me the truth or are they lying. If they are telling me they have a big hand by their betting pattern and they are telling me the truth, then they have a big hand.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Craig (Louisville, KY): What tournaments will you be playing in this year? Do you stick to Hold Em or do you play other poker formats?Howard Lederer: I love to play all forms of poker and even if its most valuable to me to get really good at no limit hold'em, when I play other forms of poker(7 card, razz), I think that when I play those other games it makes me a better no limit hold'em player.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mat (Scottsdale, AZ): Is a Poker Players Player Union on the horizon? From the outside looking in, the release players have to sign to play in some events might become an 800 lb gorilla.Howard Lederer: At this point I dont see a players union. Top poker players are individualists at heart and its going to be a really tough job to get them all on the same page. That being said, as the game matures, players are going to realize that there are some releases out there that should not be signed. I personally dont think that the WPT release - giving up endorsement and merchandise rights - is a fair release to sign and I wont sign it right now and that means I wont play in those events. That is a personal decision I made.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Craig (Spokane): I've been playing online for about a year. What's your best advice on my first venture to a live tournament game in a casino?Howard Lederer: I get to talk to satellite winners that win from fulltiltpoker.com into these large, live events and what I tell them every time is that you need to have patience. The blinds go up much slower than they do online and you need to pay attention to your physicality at the table. When playing online, you've been clicking those fold until it gets to me buttons so you are going to really need to look at the table and what kind of signals you are giving off to your opposition.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------DP (New Jersey): A question about table etiquette: I was recently playing live hold'em and a few times I noticed that when it got down to heads-up and someone folded, the winning player would pick up their hand and show it to the person next to them, but not to the rest of the table. Is this OK? Should I ask to see their hand or is it bad etiquette? Thanks.Howard Lederer: Actually its bad etiquette to show your hands to just one player at the table. If you show your cards to one player at the table, everyone at the table has the right to see those cards. In a tournament, the dealer should grab those cards and flip them up for the rest of the table.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mat (Scottsdale, AZ): Do the conventional thinking of proper play need to be adjusted at lower limit levels? At FTP you get a lot of people who will fish for anything and completely disregard odds and proper play, it gets VERY frustrating, they seem to hit their draws an inordinate amount of times.Howard Lederer: I do play some low limit poker at Full Tilt and lower limit players dont play as well. Weaker poker players that are playing too many hands wil give you more bad beats than a good poker player. When someone plays a weaker hand and beats me its a good thing because I'll beat them in the long run.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Michael (Willoughby, OH): Once you've been playing in the lower limit games for awhile, how do you know you're ready to play for the big money?Howard Lederer: Well, thats a gradual process, but basically the way I did it and the way that most players did it is if you beat those smaller level games to where your bankroll is big enough for the next level, then you move up. If you lose that money, you go back down. Its a ladder where you move up one level at a time, but everytime you get your head handed to you, you need to go back down to where you feel comfortable.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Willie (chicago): where is the best place to play poker in vegas?Howard Lederer: Bellagio, unless you are looking to play really, really small. If you are looking to play really cheap, then the Mandalay Bay.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chris (CT): Howard, I'm thinking about going to your camp is Austria, why should I go?Howard Lederer: Basically you are going to get immersed in the game for four games. The camps include a nice fun banquet, some great tournaments, but on the education level you are going to get numerous, hour and a half long seminars with Annie and me, and a couple other top pros - like Marcel Luske - but beyond that, the average camper got to play in 5 or 6 sit and gos where there will not only be a pro playing, but a pro commenting on the play. There's no comparison to sitting at a table and have him commenting how you just played than you trying to explain a hand to a pro at a later time. The interaction with the pros is very personal. For more info, check out http://www.allincamp.com-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mat (Scottsdale, AZ): If you weren't playing poker you'd be.....Howard Lederer: a stock trader.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------james (ucla): is poker more about being mathematically savvy or reading peopleHoward Lederer: I think the second, but I dont want you to think that means staring at someone and looking into their soul. 90% of reading people is reading betting patterns.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------will (naperville, il): Does the gap principle apply as strongly later in tournaments when blinds and antes represent a bigger portion of your stack? That is, you might not have the luxury of waiting for premium hands and eventually you need to win races or even 60-40 type showdowns (A-Q vs. K-J for example).Howard Lederer: Absolutely and I think that the gap principle is even more important later in tournaments. Anytime that you are getting low on chips and you have a chance to move all in on a pot and not get called, there is a tremedous value to win that pot. Avoid the confrontations. I might be willing to play an A-5 if nobody has called ahead of me, but say someone calls ahead of me I would lay down an A-J. This is strictly late in the tournament when you are low on chips - I'm always looking for situations where I can steal the antes and not put all my chips at risk.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Chris (St. Paul, MN): Why is Men the Master considered the best short stack player? What does he do that makes him so?Howard Lederer: I dont know why he is. Men is a very good player. He understands tournament strategy very well. He's probably played more live tournaments than anyone out there and so he finds himself in short stack situations very often. I wouldn't necessarily agree to that statement and instead I'd give that title to John Juanda.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Patrick Kline, MSU: Being delt pocket rockets isn't all that its cracked up to be...How would you suggest playing them, off the button?Howard Lederer: I think getting pocket aces is more than its cracked up to be, personally. I'm always goign to play aces for a raise. Late in the tournament you must be willing to commit all your chips to the hand. If its early in the tournament and the stacks are deep, and something is telling you that the aces are beat, you must be willing to lay them down. But theres no other hand that I'd rather get dealt.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Seth (NYC): NYC poker players have raided by the cops. Why arent the big time players like you more vocal about protesting this injustice?Howard Lederer: I did play in card rooms in New York and I find it rediculous that people are cracking down on them. The games are quazi-legal there at best. Each city is welcome to have its own laws. There arent as many top players that still play in NY. On matters of gaming enforcement I dont think thats an area where we should be expressing our opinion.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sean (Chicago, IL): With all of your business commitments, do you feel that your game has slipped a little, or perhaps is not advancing as it was when you were able to play more?Howard Lederer: Certainly my personal poker skills are not advancing as they used to and its because I dont play as much as I used to. I will get back to playing poker full time in a year or two, but in the meantime, I spent the last 24 years playing poker and I'm willing to step back and not play as much as I used to. I know that my game will suffer a little bit.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dan Philadelphia, PA: Mr. Lederer, I read that before you became a poker player, you studied chess. Do you feel that your chess background helps you at the poker table, and if so, how?Howard Lederer: I think it helps me a little, but getting good at chess is a very different endeavor. Chess is a game of perfect information. You see everything in front of you. When you lose a game, you know why. Poker is very different. Sometimes you shouldn't have called and you did. Sometimes you should call and you lose. If there is a game out there that seems to have the most top players making the transition to be very good at poker, that would be backgammon. Its a highly skillful game that has a luck component, just like poker. I'm lucky that I stopped playing chess before I was too good at it. It would have been difficult to adjust to the luck factor in poker if I was very good at it,-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Max (Oakland): Dont you think that playing Poker for a living sets a bad example to the kids?Howard Lederer: Yes. I dont think that poker is a profession that really any kid should be thinking about as a career. I think that teh same could be said for football players, or any other high profile, high pressure profession. I think people who are really into poker need to leave themselves options through education. If they become really really good at poker, then they could consider going pro. For a career choice, its a poor one to think about until you are very good at the game.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Wade (Coppell, TX): Hey Howard i have had a very long bad beat streak at my home game, is it because im putting myself in the situation to take a bad beat (runner runner straight after all in with a set after the flop... that sorta thing) too much or is there nothing i can do about it?Howard Lederer: You have to understand that bad streaks and good streaks will last longer than expected. If you are losing, there might be a reason for it. You have to be honest with yourself, looking at why you are losing. Recognize luck, but also recognize why you are losing. If you just chalk up long losing streaks to bad luck, you aren't going to get any better. Every good poker player has looked in the mirror and admitted to themselves that they are doing something wrong.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Howard Lederer: I had a great time! Thanks for all the questions! Hope to see some of you guys all fulltiltpoker.comAndrew Feldman: Don't forget you can win a trip to Howard's Camp only from the ESPN Poker Club!I haven't updated Men's message board lately, but you can find most of the ESPN chat transcripts at this direct link:http://menmaster.com/bulletinboard/viewfor...dafad69587b49cc Happy reading ...

[benhoug 0]

Thanks so much.

[mrdannyg 274]

thanks for putting that up - much appreciated.gotta love lederer. just an amazingly pleasant and respectable person and poker player. really one of the few people who i think cannot be overexposed, because he is such an excellent role model, and he does not seem to have any ego.daniel

[No_Neck 0]

thanks for putting that up - much appreciated.gotta love lederer. just an amazingly pleasant and respectable person and poker player. really one of the few people who i think cannot be overexposed, because he is such an excellent role model, and he does not seem to have any ego.daniel

he does however have a temper than will rival anyone

[Pokerghost2 0]

i liked howards response to men being supposedly the best short stack player.woulve been hilarious if he just abandoned political correctness and said, because men has a team of horses in every tourn who dump chips to him that certainly helps when ur short.