"I Have to Play This Hand?"
Phan raised from the cutoff. "Are you kidding, I have to play this hand?" said Ponzio before calling from the button. A short-stacked Sklansky also called from the big blind.
Sklansky took one, Phan three, and Ponzio one. All checked. All took one again on the second draw. This time Phan bet, and the other two called.
All three again drew one card on the last draw. Sklansky checked, Phan thought a while, then bet, and Ponzio somewhat reluctantly called. Sklansky folded.
Phan showed a 7-4-3-2-2 -- he'd paired on the end. Ponzio showed a J-8-5-4-2 and took the pot. "I wasn't drawing to the jack," he said afterwards.
Ponzio has gotten back some of those chips he'd lost early on. He is at about 130,000. Sklansky is now at 45,000.