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Meet the Pro: WSOP Player of the Year Mike Gorodinsky
There were some major sweats at the Spielbank Casino in Berlin, but it’s official – Mike Gorodinsky is the 2015 WSOP Player of the Year. After holding off the likes of Brian Hastings and Ismael Bojang,...
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Backdoor Quads Ambassador Adam Owen’s Views on PokerStars Changes
Hello! I was very happy to recently be announced as the first ever Backdoor Quads Ambassador. I’ve been rather busy but I had planned to write a blog about my background as a poker player and how I’ve...
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Meet the Pro ‘November Nine’ Edition: Neil Blumenfield
After busting in 3rd place in 2003, Dan Harrington famously said, when ESPN asked him for a prediction, that “No one over 40 is ever going to win this tournament again.” Somebody obviously didn’t tell...
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TDA Rules on Calling the Clock
With the debate raging about Zvi Stern’s tanking antics at the WSOP Main Event Final Table, I felt it was appropriate to look at the Tournament Directors’ Association rules on the matter. Back in...
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Just How Much Strategy Do Poker Songs Contain?
Every time I listen to ‘The Gambler’ by Kenny Rogers, it strikes me just how much poker advice the 67-year-old included in his 1978 hit. And with its inclusion in Geico’s 2014 advertisement, I took a...
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PokerStars Boycott Poem
Twas a month before Christmas, and all through my house, No buttons were clicked and my hand touched no mouse. Frustration and hatred were all plain to see, For the PokerStars changes were angering...
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2015 GPI Player of the Year Top 10
As 2015 comes to an end, it’s a great time for all of us to reflect on the high quality of poker that was played this year. Bracelets and High Rollers and trophies galore were awarded to some of the...
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PokerStars Caribbean Adventure: Taking the Piss
There is something unorthodox about the poker world that we really don’t know how to respond to serious incidents like the one that befell Antonio Esfandiari on Day 2 of the PCA Main Event. For those...
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Global Poker League Franchises Announced: Moneymaker, Boeree and Gruissem...
Hold onto your hats ladies and gentlemen, the Global Poker League (GPL) just took a big step towards being a reality, with the release of all twelve franchise names, logos and team managers. More...
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Thoughts Ahead of the GPL Draft
There is something about the Global Poker League (GPL) that I’ve been struggling with for a while. Not the concept, nor the Cube. Not the Franchises, nor the Draft. A completely different feeling...
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Blog #12: Vegas Baby!
If you’d have asked me when I wrote this article for the PokerStars blog back in August 2014 that I’d be working in Vegas within two years, I would have probably let out a wistful sigh and something...
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Twitch Chat Reacts To The First GPL Match
With the start of the Global Poker League season today, with the first Eurasia 6-Max match, featuring some of the world’s top players including Dzmitry Urbanovich, Davidi Kitai and Daniel ‘jungleman’...
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UK Student Poker Championships 2016
So it’s been a long time since I wrote a blog. Mainly because I’ve been revising for my final exams at University, something which meant I missed working at the EPT Grand Final which sucked! Last month...
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GPL Statistics; Randy Lew and Olivier Busquet Dominating
Jonathan Little’s win over Kitty Kuo yesterday marked the 50th GPL match so far this season, so here Backdoor Quads takes a look at some of the statistics so far. Who has the most points? Who has the...
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Letters from Vegas: Ian Johns
I never got the chance to blog/write much for Backdoor Quads during my recent trip to work at the World Series of Poker. Now that I’m back in the U.K., and the jet-lag has finished coursing through my...
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Letters from Vegas: Scotty Nguyen
If you haven’t seen the first in the series of ‘Letters from Vegas,’ be sure to check out last week’s here. In this letter I shift my focus away from a player I discovered this year, to one I am fairly...
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GPL Finals & Playoffs in Las Vegas; NOT TwitchCon & Wembley Arena
Backdoor Quads can exclusively reveal that the inaugural Global Poker League Playoffs will not be at TwitchCon 2016 and the Finals will not be held at the iconic SSE Arena Wembley. According to the GPL...
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“Sing When You’re Winning”– Adam Owen
One of my favourite albums growing up and going through primary school at the start of the Millenium was Robbie Williams’ third album, Sing When You’re Winning. Supreme, Rock DJ and Kids (in...
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Unibet UK Poker Tour Manchester
There is something Schrödinger-esque about waiting in line to register for a tournament. Firstly you’re trying to figure out whether you’re about to run the purest you’ve ever run, or be out first...
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What 2017 Means for Backdoor Quads
This week marked the second anniversary of Backdoor Quads. I remember setting it up as a portfolio for my writing. I could scarcely have imagined how much it would have helped me on the way to where I...
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