2008 World Series of Poker
39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 3
Players Left 9 / 6,844
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The flop came
and Eskeland, who held 
, checked his set. With two players to act after him, who both moved all in, Eskeland called and showed them that 
and 
were no good.The turn and river blanked and Eskeland's set of eights was best. He eliminated two players and climbed to about 650,000 chips in the process.
, the opponent bets 8,600 and Jamie Rosen calls. The turn is 
and the opponent bets 16,000. Rosen raises to 40,000 and the opponent reraises all in to 70,000. Rosen calls and shows 
to his opponent's 
. The river is 
and Rosen busts a player, moving up to 185,000.
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
On the flop of
, Kim bet out 16,000 and Graham raised to 36,000. Kim called.On the turn card of the
, Kim bet out 40,000. Graham asks, "Will you call if I go all in?" Kim showed his chips so that Graham can see how much he has left. Graham made the call. Kim only has about 15,000 at this point.The river fell the
and Kim checked to Graham, who bet enough to put Kim all in. Kim tanks for a while and finally folds. Graham showed 
for the bluff.
We found out during the break that the gentleman was puffing away on a smokeless cigarette. Smokeless cigarettes deliver none of the harmful gases that normal cigarettes produce, and therefore are totally legal at the table. The "smoke" is actually vapor that disappears within a second or two after being blown out.
This could prove an interesting solution for some of those players that have to take frequent "smoke breaks." If this sort of thing catches on, we very well may see these becoming more common in poker rooms across the country.
