Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Friedman ya lashe lambar yabo ta World Series of Poker (WSOP) a shekara ta 2003 a cikin $ 1,500 na iyakar iyaka na Hold'em wanda ya samu $ 109,400. Daga baya, a taron WSOP da ke gudana a Harrah's Rincon a shekara ta 2005, ya lashe lambar yabo ta biyu na $ 363,165. A cikin
2006 WSOP Main Event, Friedman ya wuce sauran 'yan wasa 8,700, ya gama na 20 kuma ya sami $ 494,797. A lokacin gasar, an lura da Friedman game da abin da ya faru da Jeff Lisandro, wanda Friedman ya ji cewa Lisandro bai sanya shi ba, wanda ya kai 5,000 kwakwalwan kwamfuta, a hannun. Friedman da Lisandro sun yi jayayya a kai a kai ta hannun, tare da dillalin ya gaya musu duka su daina kawo shi. Friedman ba zai tsaya ba kuma ya nuna cewa Lisandro ya "sace" ɗayan mutum na 5,000. Lisandro ya yi matukar damuwa da jin haka, kuma ya yi jayayya da Friedman, yana gaya masa cewa zai "kaurace maka kai, aboki". Friedman ya yi ƙoƙari ya daidaita abubuwa da Lisandro bayan haka yayin wasa, amma Lisandro ya ƙi yin magana da shi. Mutane da yawa a cikin duniyar karta sun soki Friedman saboda ayyukansa, gami da Norman Chad na ESPN da Todd Brunson na Mujallar Cardplayer. A ƙarshe, an gano a cikin sake kunnawa cewa Lisandro a zahiri ya sanya a cikin ante. (A saka ɗaya daga cikin makafi, ɗan wasa na uku a teburin ya manta ya saka ante; dillalin ya gyara kuskurensa.)