Peter Bialek (Wayland, MA) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Bialek finished 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Bialek defeated David Bykowski (Potomac, MD) 10-3, then won 9-8 against Dean Wadland (Schenectady, NY). Bialek went on to lose 6-3 against Ivaylo Petrov (Plainfield, NJ). Bialek responded with a 10-4 win over Tim Clafin (Brookline, MA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Bialek did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Bialek ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.