Flight

Also: starting flight, Day 1A, multi-flight

One of several starting days of a large tournament (Day 1A, 1B, 1C and so on). Survivors of every flight combine on Day 2. Some events allow players who bust one flight to re-enter another.

Example. The Main Event has four starting flights and over 3,000 entries.

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