Arnaud Enters, Smirnov Re-enters, Patgorski and Wang Chop
There are now 18 entries in the Short Deck Ante Only with France's Arnaud Romain entering the fray, though only 17 of these remain in action with Mikhail Smirnov busting and re-entering and chips are changing hands with a very high frequency.
Following a limp from Yueqine Zhou in middle position, we caught Arnaud in action and all-in for the first 100,000 of his initial first bullet from the button, with the newly re-entered Smirnov also coming along from the small blind and Zhou also making the call.
Romain Arnaud: 
Mikhail Smirnov: 
Yueqine Zhou: 
The board ran out 
to see Arnaud win the main pot, Zhou win the side pot and Smirnov lose the first bullet of his second buy-in.
A big pot played out shortly after this on table one, but it resulted in an anti-climatic chop, though this was a good thing for Gabe Patgorski, who found himself trailing in a hand to Zuo Wang.
It was Yong Gang Guo opening the action for 7,000 from mid-position with Wang re-popping to 40,000 from the button.
"Let's go!" said Patgorski, chucking in the call from the big blind and Guo called as well to take the action three-way to a flop of 
.
"Boom!" said a gleeful Patgorski, moving all-in immediately for close to 475,000 and while Guo bowed out Wang was going nowhere and made a speedy call.
Zuo Wang: 
Gabe Patgorski: 
"Can I even win?" asked Patgorski.
"I don't think so," said tablemate Jaime Kaplin. Patgorski could still chop though, and that's exactly what happened when the turn and river completed the hand and saw the pair chop the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
475,000 | 175,000 |
|
|
350,000 | 175,000 |
|
330,000 | 230,000 |
|
320,000 | 230,000 |
|
270,000 | 170,000 |
|
|
265,000 | 65,000 |
|
255,000 | 45,000 |
|
250,000 | 250,000 |
|
250,000 | 30,000 |
|
165,000 | 110,000 |
|
145,000 | 45,000 |
|
120,000 | 20,000 |
|
110,000 | 10,000 |
|
100,000 | |
|
|
70,000 | -30,000 |
and Smirnov's chips were chopped up with the Russian calling for his second bullet.
as he raked in the pot.
with Patgorski catching his two-outer on the river to take an early lead. Alan Sass and Xuan Tan arrived as all this craziness was going on and have also taken their seats to bring the field up to seven.