Player Backstory

Rohan "Raiderduck" Aldridge is a successful professional online poker player, real estate investor, and Musician from Canberra, Australia. Rohan’s screen name “Raiderduck” is derived from his local Rugby League team, the Canberra Raiders. Rohan started his poker career in 2006 while working in the Australian Department of Defence. He learned the game playing live in the weekly free tournaments, before depositing online and playing at several different sites at the micro limits. While grinding his way up through the no limit stakes on various sites in 2008 and 2009, Rohan worked full time while completing a degree in Financial Planning. Rohan left his job in early 2010 to pursue poker and his other interests full time.

Rohan is from Canberra, Australia, and is the lead guitarist for one of Australia’s most successful covers bands - "Something Like This". When not playing poker online, Rohan performs with his band, plays live poker, studies music and real estate, and also travels.

Rohan is member of popular Australian poker group "Life Fish", a poker blog he founded with a group of other successful Australian grinders. His blog, which is done in both written and video form, with details of his lifestyle and travels, is hosted on LifeFish.