Dale Gibbs (St Paul, MN) finished 1-3 in the 30-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gibbs lost 6-2 to Al Hackner (Thunder Bay , NONT), then responded with a 9-7 win over Ryan Berg (West Fargo, ND). Gibbs went on to lose 8-7 against Jeremy Roe (Madison, WI). Gibbs lost 1-0 to Eric Fenson (Bemidji, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 18 of the event schedule, Gibbs did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 575th place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Gibbs ranks 317th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.