Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Friedman akakunda World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet muna 2003 mu $1,500 pot limit hold'em chiitiko chichimuwanisa $109,400. Gare gare, pamutambo weWSOP Circuit paHarrah's Rincon muna 2005, akahwina mubairo wechipiri we $ 363,165. Pamakwikwi eWSOP muna 2006
Muchiitiko Chikuru, Friedman akapfuura vamwe vatambi 8,700, achipedza ari wechi20 uye achiwana $494,797. Munguva yemutambo, Friedman akacherechedzwa nechiitiko naJeff Lisandro, umo Friedman akanzwa kuti Lisandro akanga asina kuisa mu ante yake, inokosha 5,000 chips, muruoko. Friedman naLisandro vaigara vachikakavadzana, mutengesi achivaudza kuti varege kutaura nyaya yacho. Friedman haana kurega uye akataura kuti Lisandro akanga "abira" mumwe murume wezviuru zvishanu. Lisandro akagumbuka zvikuru kunzwa izvozvo, uye akapopotedzana naFriedman, achimuudza kuti aizo"bvisa musoro wako, shamwari". Friedman akaedza kugadzirisa zvinhu naLisandro pashure pacho panguva yokutamba, asi Lisandro akaramba kutaura naye. Vakawanda munyika yepoker vakatsoropodza Friedman nokuda kwezviito zvake, kubatanidza Norman Chad weESPN naTodd Brunson weCardplayer Magazine. Pakupedzisira, kwakawanwa mumutambo wokudzokorora kuti Lisandro chaizvoizvo akaisa mubhejeri. (Mukuisa rimwe remapofu, mutambi wechitatu patafura akakanganwa kuisa ante yake; mugoveri akagadzirisa chikanganiso chake.)