Prahlad S Friedman was born on May 20,1978 and is an American professional poker player and rapper from Los Angeles, California.
16 Facts About Prahlad Friedman
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Prahlad Friedman won a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2003 in the $1,500 pot limit hold'em event earning him $109,400.
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At the 2006 WSOP Main Event, Prahlad Friedman outlasted over 8,700 other players, finishing 20th and securing $494,797.
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Lisandro was very upset to hear that, and argued with Prahlad Friedman, telling him he would "take your head off, buddy".
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Prahlad Friedman tried to settle things with Lisandro afterward during play, but Lisandro refused to talk to him.
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At the 2010 WSOP Main Event, Prahlad Friedman was involved in another incident, this time involving Ted Bort, in which Prahlad Friedman had a controversial call with the clock ruled in his favor.
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Prahlad Friedman released his hand without argument and let the floor declare the action dead and void, indicating that Prahlad Friedman was indeed beat by top 2 pairs.
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In later interviews, Prahlad Friedman had stated that the reason he called at 0 was that while he believed Bort had a strong hand, he did not know what Bort considered a strong hand to be and therefore was indecisive about his two pairs.
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Prahlad Friedman had confirmed that if he had a winning hand he would have argued the point that he called at 0, but since the ruling stated it was dead at 1 he left it alone to keep himself in the tournament.
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Prahlad Friedman made it through Day 2, but was ultimately eliminated early on Day 3, thus failing to cash.
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Prahlad Friedman is well known on internet poker message boards for his raps.
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Prahlad Friedman has rapped for ESPN for a "The Nuts" segment at the WSOP circuit event at Harrah's Rincon in 2005, the Main Event in the 2006 World Series of Poker, and for the poker website RakeBreak.
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Prahlad Friedman defeated 2009 WSOP Main Event "November Niner" Kevin Schaffel heads up.
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When Ultimate Bet was involved in a major cheating scandal prior to 2008, Prahlad Friedman was one of the biggest victims having lost millions of dollars.
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Prahlad Friedman got engaged to Dee Luong, a fellow poker player, in 2002 and later married her within the year.
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Prahlad Friedman did his major in ethnic studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he started playing poker for the first time.