More Gastric Bypass Poker Playing Goodness: Howard Lederer

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Think stomach stapling is only the domain of slovenly fat-ass housewives who eat so much sausage (not a euphemism) their fingers permanently taste like fennel? You, my friends, would be wrong.

Enter Howard “The Professor” Lederer, who has turned a talent for cards into a gig where he sits nearly immobile for up to 18 hours a day. That’s gotta be a great lifestyle for your health. Since we’re prone to leaping to wild assumptions, we’re going to tell you we assume Lederer took the easy way to losing a reported 140 pounds with the surgery, and now subsists on a half an apple and three Capri Sun juice pouches per day.

Frankly, we liked him better when he looked like he had just devoured Commander Riker.

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