Cates, Chan, Yong and Tsang In, Smirnov Out

The number of entries has climbed to 30, but the number of players left in the field has shrunk to 16. New arrivals include Elton Tsang, Dan Cates, Wai Kin Yong (for the second time), and Hau Lim Chan, while a recent elimination is Russia's Mikhail Smirnov.

Cates clashed with Romain Arnaud to dust of the first 100,000 bullet of his initial entry, with the pair getting all the chips in pre-flop.

Dan Cates:
Romain Arnaud:

Cates was narrowly ahead until the flop with the turn locking up the hand for the Frenchman. The river was merely a formality and Cates called for chips while Arnaud climbed to 500,000. Phil Ivey is climbing up the counts and is sitting on a much-increased stack of 460,000.