Multi-Flight tournaments consist of multiple stages (usually two). During the first stage, players may register for various starting flights, labelled ‘Flight 1x’ (e.g., 1A, 1B, 1C).
Qualification and Stacks
Each Flight 1‘x’ tournament is played until a specific percentage of the field remains (e.g., 15%*). These remaining players automatically qualify for the Final Stage.
Accumulator Stack Policy
Players are permitted to enter multiple flights, even if they have already qualified for the Final Stage.
If a player qualifies from multiple flights, the chip stacks from every flight they qualify from are added together to form a single starting stack for the Final Stage.
No qualifying stack is ever forfeited: every stack a player bags carries forward to Day 2.
Busting a later flight has no effect on stacks already secured in earlier flights.
A player only ever has one seat in the Final Stage, regardless of how many flights they qualify from.
Examples
Scenario A: Elimination and Re-entry
Player 1 and Player 2 register for Flight 1A.
Player 1 is eliminated. They may register for Flight 1B to try again. If they qualify from 1B, they advance to the Final with their Flight 1B stack only.
Player 2 qualifies for the Final Stage. Under the Accumulator Stack Policy, Player 2 may still register for Flight 1B. Any chips they bag in 1B will be added on top of their Flight 1A stack.
Scenario B: Building a Stack
Player 3 plays Flight 1C and qualifies for the Final Stage with a short stack (e.g., 1,000 chips).
Player 3 decides to play Flight 1D to try and build a bigger stack.
Outcome 1: Player 3 busts Flight 1D. They will advance to the Final with their original 1,000 chip stack from Flight 1C. Nothing is lost.
Outcome 2: Player 3 qualifies from Flight 1D with 5,000 chips. They will advance to the Final with a combined stack of 6,000 chips (1,000 from Flight 1C + 5,000 from Flight 1D).
Scenario C: Multiple Qualifications
Player 4 qualifies from Flight 1A with 3,000 chips, from Flight 1B with 2,500 chips, and from Flight 1D with 4,000 chips.
Player 4 starts the Final Stage with a single stack of 9,500 chips (3,000 + 2,500 + 4,000) and occupies one seat.
*The number of players who make it to the final phase is always rounded down to the nearest whole number. E.g. Flight 1C has 218 total entries. Only 15% of the remaining players make it to the final phase. 218 entrants x 15% = 32.7. After rounding down, 32 players will make it to the final phase.