Perry Friedman became a professional poker player in the late 1990s, cashing in 26 live poker tournaments since May of 2000. Though his career earnings are not that of today’s most profound poker players, Perry has the obvious potential to compete with the big boys in years to come. Friedman has accomplished only one 1st place victory in a live poker tournament, but it was enough to earn him a coveted WSOP Bracelet.

Born May 15, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, Perry Friedman finished high school and went on to attend Stanford University. He was quite the celebrity on campus, known for his quick humor and constant antics. Friedman worked for the school’s humor magazine, the Stanford Chaparral, maintaining his amusing, prankster status throughout his college years. Friedman’s antics actually led him to national media coverage, as he was responsible for getting Bart Simpson - the adolescent cartoon character from “The Simpson’s” - elected to the Graduate Senate. There was even a mass protest held when all of the votes for Bart Simpson were thrown out.

Friedman first started playing poker as a young boy, but he did not take his skills seriously until about 10 years ago. Though his favorite poker game is Seven Card Stud, Friedman has earned most of his winnings in Limit and No Limit Hold’em games, as well as a few Omaha events. In fact, his WSOP Bracelet came in the 2003 WSOP, playing Limit Omaha Hi/Lo.

Perry Friedman has accumulated $636,082 in live tournament winnings over his career thus far, and is one of those players everyone should keep their eyes on. Perry is known for his light-hearted attitude and strong ability to bluff his opponents, earning him the nickname, “The Baiter”. Poker is not Friedman’s only skill, having once won a chip-castle building contest, creating an entire scale-model castle out of nothing but poker chips. He has also been known to provide entertainment by way of finger-puppets, aimed at hole-card cameras.

Perry Friedman and the WSOP
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) has played a great roll in Friedman’s professional poker career, having been his first live tournament cash, as well as awarding him a Bracelet a few years later. On May 2 of 2000, Friedman earned his first live poker tournament prize purse of $37,750 in Event #9 Limit Seven Card Stud for finishing in 3rd.

Two years later, Perry’s second WSOP cash was more than a significant paycheck. On April 21, 2002, Friedman was awarded the honorable WSOP Bracelet for taking down Event #3 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo, pocketing $176,860 for his skilled efforts. His luck stayed strong enough to cash four more times in the 2002 WSOP, including a fourth place finish in Event #23 Limit S.H.O.E. for another $16,140.

In the 2003 WSOP, Perry took home a little more than $6,000 for a 16th and 18th place finish in early Limit Omaha Hi/Lo events, but did not see the same success as the previous year. In 2004, Perry Friedman made another first, ranking high enough to finish in the money in the No Limit Hold’em Championship. Friedman came in 165th overall, earning $15,000.

Friedman made another run for the Bracelet in the 2005 WSOP, but came up a little short in Event #9 No Limit Hold’em, finishing 3rd for an impressive prize purse of $196,455. In 2006, Friedman was awarded about $13,000 for two in the money finishes in early events, but made no final tables.

On June 17, 2007, Friedman worked his way into a seat at the final table of the WSOP Event #28 No Limit Hold’em, where he got sent to the rails in 7th position, adding another $57,063 to his career earnings.

Perry Friedman and Full Tilt Poker
If you’d like to learn a few poker tips from Perry Friedman, or even take him on at the tables, he can often be found playing online poker at the popular Internet site, Full Tilt Poker. Perry Friedman is a member of the Tiltboys, a group of exceptional poker players who play online at Full Tilt Poker, and collectively wrote the book, ‘Tales From The Tiltboys’.

Perry Friedman actually works for Tiltware, the company responsible for the software that powers Full Tilt Poker.

Perry Friedman Outside of Poker
Perry Friedman is 39 years old, divorced with no children. Along with dominating the poker tournaments, it is Perry’s desire to simply live a happy and healthy life. His hobbies include cycling, ice and inline skating, backgammon, coin collecting and surfing the web.