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Howard Lederer is certainly one of the top poker players in the world and I have followed his incredible play on TV as have many poker fans. His nickname at the table is "The Professor" so I was certainly expecting to hear some pearls of wisdom from this legend of poker. To say I was disappointed was an understatement. The entire DVD looks like a home movie filmed on an old camcorder. Clearly The Professor did not want to invest heavily in this project. He began the DVD with the assumption that viewers already knew how to play Hold'em which really seems odd given that only a complete beginner would learn much from this DVD. The DVD begins with a tedious explanation of how one might play a tournament at home. This explanation included instructions on how to set a kitchen timer so you know when to increase the blinds. He even personally demonstrated how to tape two playing cards together to hide the card at the bottom of the deck. I am not kidding, I got to watch one of the best poker players in the world apply four pieces of sticky tape to two jokers, while explaining his actions. During the rest of the video he kept referring to several information tables that were supposed to be included with the DVD, they were not. A high profile player like this should have been able to produce a more interesting and informative DVD, but frankly it seems like Howard just wanted to cash in on his name and the current popularity of the game. I just wish he had done this the right way by producing a product worthy of his name. Weirdly this review vanished so I have reposted it.