The Americas Conference Finals are underway with Mike McDonald returning to the cube to face Chance Kornuth in game #1. Kornuth won both of his games against the Sao Paolo Mets, so he is looking to continue his win streak. McDonald is now playing fifth match after playing four of his team's seven matches earlier when the Nationals defeated the San Francisco Rush.

Here is what the team managers had to say before the match started.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike McDonald	260,000
Chance Kornuth	240,000