As we head into the final 40-minute level of the evening, it is appearing more and more likely that we will reach the magic 12% cut-off (16 players for our 139 total entries) for the end of Day 1A than the alternative. The event is down to 18 players, two 9-handed tables, and after the players found their new seats the tournament’s two biggest stacks find themselves staring across the felt at one another.

Brian Hou currently edges out Alan Cutler by an up-to-the-moment count of 265,000 to 252,000. No other competitor presently has greater than 180,000, meaning that should these two decide to tango it will be quite the sight to behold.

Player Name	Chip Count	Previous	Progress
Brian Hou	265,000	265,000
Alan Cutler	252,000	250,000