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I'd say get some sleep so you can potentially crush the entire 24 hours, as it's probably going to be so competitive you will have to use the entire time. Crush as fast as you can. If you do see a cheater running away at the top don't worry too much because King will probably disqualify them and search for an honest player lower down the rankings to invite to LA. So just because someone is crushing 13 million, don't give up. Last year players with 4-6 million scores made it to the finals. The cheaters that got 10-13 million were kicked out by King. Also anyone without the necessary visa or passport will get kicked out, so you don't necessarily have to come first, just aim as high as you can.
Good luck!