Prahlad Friedman
Prahlad Friedman is a very engaging, multi-faceted fellow, both super cool and confident, yet chill and humble and very down to earth. He took the time out of his very busy life to answer our questions in a thoughtful and thorough manner on such topics as basketball, white dudes who rap, hemp milk, and why he is so dangerous to play poker against. As you will discover in the following interview, Prahlad is, most definitely, one of a kind.
PRR: You have been called everything from the Leonardo DiCaprio of the poker world, to the first online superstar. Did you purposely set out to create this kind of mystique, or was it just a natural outgrowth of your personality?
PRR: Personally, I think your rapping is big fun, but how do you respond to the accusation that white dudes can’t rap?
PRR: Once again, for the record, please reassure everyone you are not the victim of UB voodoo mind control by discussing how long the negotiations were that persuaded you to get on board, how you arrived at your decision, and what was/were the determining factor/s?
PRR: Is there any truth to the rumor that you were cheated by a hacker from Sweden? If so please elaborate. If not, how do you feel about hackers in general?
PRR: We have read you used to carry a basketball with you everywhere you went. Name your dream basketball team?
PRR: Is there really such a thing as hemp milk? And what are the top five ways people could benefit from bing vegan?
PRR: Tell us what makes you such a dangerous poker opponent.
PRR: You have described yourself as a super liberal, hippie, vegan, rapper, beat maker, hooper who majored in ethnic studies at Berkley, with a Sanskrit first name and Jewish-sounding last name, married to an Asian, a pro poker player, WPT champ, WSOP bracelet holder…you are sort of a one-man challenge to small-mindedness. A one-man celebration of ethnic and cultural diversity. What is it that people don’t really understand about you?
PRR: We know you are friends with Daniel Negreanu who recently tweeted, Umm . . . do you think that that’s way too much information? Do you think revealing such things only reinforces the notion that the public has the right to know everything about popular cultural figures such as yourself? . . . And finally, do shave your junk?
