"Yeah, I Invented the Game."
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Walking around tournaments we hear lots of exaggerations, stretching truths, nearly unbelievable claims and some straight up lies. Today we heard a quote that raised an eyebrow.
Austen Johnson, a well known Circuit player, called us over and was telling us how weird his table felt. The conversation developed about how each table is playing a little different than the others.
From an adjacent table a player joined the conversation and asked how much Johnson enjoyed the game. Johnson had positive comments and then we heard, "Yeah, I invented the game."
We must have looked puzzled because the player we were talking to was in fact PokerStars' own Bryan Slick. He did, in fact, invent the Ante Only structure for the site.
We asked what was like to play in a WSOP event that he invented. "I can't even describe what it's like. I just wanted to add something to poker."
Judging the turnout Slick has added an extra element that everyone seems to enjoy.