Michael Floerchinger (Princeton, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Floerchinger finished 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Floerchinger defeated Gary Mazzotta (Minneapolis, MN) 8-3, then won 9-4 against Danielle Buchbinder (Rochester, NY) and 9-6 against Andy Jukich (Duluth, MN). Floerchinger went on to lose 10-4 against Barry Ivy (Livermore, CA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Floerchinger did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Floerchinger ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.