Fort Valley, Virginia's Ronald "Rooster" McDonald has joined the list of players over 50,000 in chips currently leading this event.
Holding 
, he called all in after flopping a combo flush and straight draw against an opponent holding 
.
McDonald made a straight on the turn to bust the player with pocket rockets and send his stack soaring.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Carlton Tartar has moved into the chip lead now well into the third level of play.
The Kensington, Maryland resident managed to to flop trips against an opponent who did the same, then turn a boat to bust him.
Arlington, Virginia's own Andrew Rudnik has shot up to a spot among the early leaders.
He made a set of deuces against an opponent who didn't even bother to show to drag a sizable pot and has crested the 50,000-chip mark now into Level 3.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The players are headed off on a 15-minute break with the first two levels now in the books.
Local rounder Carl Garland has been hit by more than just the deck so far today.
The Leesburg, Virginia resident picked up aces a couple of times and now has a stack among the leaders as level 2 moves forward.
But a "viciously hungover" Garland is doing just about everything he can just to keep his head up at the table, including ordering a shot of bourbon to try a little of the hair of the dog that bit him last night.
Pasadena, Maryland's Chris Grove has catapulted to the top of the counts after a huge first level.
He managed to make two river flushes to drag pots off players with trips and top pair respectively. Then grabbed a few more chips make a full house out of pocket nines against a player with trips.
Grove is pushing 50,000 already as Level 2 continues.
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Herndon, Virginia's Kevin Louie has jumped into the early lead here in Charles Town.
He managed to get it in with a flopped set of nines over Dennis Tsai's set of sixes, even making quad nines on the river to lock up an early double.
Tsai is still in and trying to hang on while Louie has jumped to the top of the counts here in Level 1.
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