Provided are systems and methods for entropy encoding video data. Samples of a block of video data are partitioned into one or more groups of samples, based upon a coding mode of the block and a chroma subsampling image format of the samples. Entropy coding is performed on the block via performing a group-wise skip on at least one of the one or more groups in response to all of the samples in the at least one group having a value equal to a predetermined value, the group-wise skip including refraining from encoding the samples associated with the at least one group.