My name is Erik Seidel and I play online poker exclusively at Full Tilt Poker.

To learn more about my poker career, please keep reading...

I was born and raised in New York where I started out as a backgammon player. I spent eight years on the backgammon tournament circuit before moving on to the stock market. For years, I traded on Wall Street and played poker on the side. Now I live in Las Vegas and it's the other way around.

The first time I played in the WSOP Championship Event, I finished second, and made it back to the final table of the Championship Event in 1999 where I finished fourth. I won my first bracelet in 1994 in the $5K Limit Hold 'em event. In 2005, I made four final tables at the WSOP and won my seventh bracelet in the $2,000 No-Limit Hold 'em tournament.

I've had great success playing here in Las Vegas -- most of my top finishes have been at Bellagio or the WSOP -- and am currently the only player on the Top 10 All-Time money lists for those two venues.

When not playing poker, I'm listening to music or playing tennis.