Week 1, Flight A: Play Concludes with 11 Remaining

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Level 14 has expired and play has concluded in Flight A of the Escalator Series opener. Action began today at 11 a.m. with 98 entries and played down to just 11 over the course of about eight hours.

It appears Michael Newman holds the chip lead having bagged 180,500. We’ll take a closer look at advancing stacks when complete, combined chip counts through Flight C are posted in the morning.

For those of you still looking to get in on the action, Flight C begins in a few short minutes while Thursday and Friday each boast three flights at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.