For the Want of a Card . . .
In one hand, he raised and had both Robert Mizrachi and John Phan call him from the blinds. All took two on the first draw. They checked to Ponzio, he bet, and they called. Mizrachi then took two, Phan one, and Ponzio one. This time Phan bet, Ponzio called, and Mizrachi folded.
On the last draw, Phan stood pat and Ponzio took one. Phan showed 8-7-5-4-3, and Ponzio mucked saying he was drawing to a seven.
On the next hand, Ponzio again put in several bets, this time against Gioi Luong. Luong showed a smooth 8 -- 8-5-4-3-2. Again, Ponzio mucked saying he had been drawing to a seven.
Ponzio is down to 49,000.