Day 1 of the CS competition in NYC at the IEM American Championships has wrapped up and the usual suspects of Evil Geniuses and compLexity br have won their respective groups. Desire2Excel and Damage Inc ended up taking the second place spots in the groups, which was also expected, and they will be joining coL and EG in the play off bracket starting tomorrow morning.

The top two finishers after tomorrow's action will be given a berth to the IEM Global Finals taking place in early 2011. For a preview of the rosters that are in attendance at the event, visit the IEM American Championship preview.



For more details on the matches, visit the tournament page.

Standings thus far:

1st. $11,000
2nd. $5,500
3rd. $3,300
4th. $1,800
5-6th. mamazkillaz - $1,200
5-6th. Blight Gaming - $1,200
7-8th. FYBM/viGor - $1,000
7-8th. Dynamic - $1,000

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