Chris Moneymaker: Check
Sam Farha: Check
A dealer and cards: Check
A crowd and ESPN camera's: Check
Sammy's patented unlit cigarette: ... Not there

Our tournament director, Jack Effel, noticed the absence of the infamous prop and tried to give Mr. Farha a cigarette to no avail.

"It needs to be Marlboro Lights," Sammy told him. After a few minutes search the Rio, we found one and now everything is as it should be.