Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I toa a Friedman i te karaehe o te Ao o te Poker (WSOP) i te tau 2003 i roto i te $ 1,500 pot limit hold'em event e whiwhi ana ia i te $ 109,400. I muri mai, i te huihuinga WSOP i Harrah's Rincon i te tau 2005, i riro i a ia te tohu tuarua mo te $ 363,165. I te
2006 WSOP Main Event, Friedman outlasted i runga i 8,700 ētahi atu kaitākaro, mutu 20th me te haumarutanga $494,797. I te wa o te whakataetae, i mohiotia a Friedman mo tetahi huihuinga me Jeff Lisandro, i te mea i whakaaro a Friedman kaore a Lisandro i tuku i tana putunga, e 5,000 nga maramara, i roto i te ringa. I tautohe tonu a Friedman raua ko Lisandro i roto i te ringa, me te kaihokohoko e kii ana ki a raua kia mutu te kawe mai. Kaore a Friedman i mutu, i kii a Lisandro "i tahae" i tetahi atu tangata o te 5,000. I tino pouri a Lisandro i tana rongonga i tera, ka tautohetohe ki a Friedman, me te kii atu ki a ia ka "tahia e ia to mahunga, e hoa". I whakamatau a Friedman ki te whakatika i nga mea ki a Lisandro i muri i te takaro, engari kaore a Lisandro i pai ki te korero ki a ia. He tokomaha i roto i te ao poker i whakahe i a Friedman mo ana mahi, tae atu ki a Norman Chad o ESPN me Todd Brunson o te Cardplayer Magazine. I te mutunga, i kitea i roto i te whakahoutanga ko Lisandro te mea i hoatu i roto i te ante. (I te whakatakoto i tetahi o nga matapo, i wareware tetahi kaitakaro tuatoru i te teepu ki te whakauru i tana ante; i whakatikahia e te kaihoko tana hapa.)