Steve Birklid (Seattle, WA) finished 2-3 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birklid defeated Andrew Bilesky (Vancouver , BC) 7-2, then went on to lose 9-4 against Steve Waatainen (Nanaimo, BC). Birklid lost 6-4 to Mike Smith (Kamloops, BC) where Birklid responded with a 8-2 win over Chang-Min Kim (Gyeongbuk Uiseong, KOR). Birklid went on to lose 5-4 against British Columbia's Trevor Perepolkin in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 10 of the event schedule, Birklid did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 340th to 345th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.113 total points. Birklid ranks 653rd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.