Howard Lederer

Date: 2004.05.01 | Category: Hand Of The Week | By: Phil Hellmuth   

I had a dream’I had a dream that Howard Lederer (known as “Bub” to his friends) would win the Party Poker Million in 2002. But Howard left the boat after only about five minutes on board in 2002. Why did I have that dream” It wasn’t like Howard has won very many limit Hold’em tournaments, and it’s not like I dream of players winning very often, so who knows…

In 1999, “London” Ali Sharkasheik had a dream that I would win the European Poker Championships in Vienna. He was right, sort of’you see I did win the European Poker Championships, but in 2000-one year later. Therefore I was expecting the same thing with Howard. I dreamed he would win in 2002, therefore I thought that he would win in 2003, since he didn’t win (or even compete) in 2002. I finally bet him at 4 to 1 with three players left when he was short chipped. I should have bet Howard from the very beginning (at perhaps, 40 to 1), but I didn’t want to focus on anything but myself-and I was in there after the first two days of the tourney when the prices were high.