Brent Cooke (Richmond, VA) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Cooke finished 0-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cooke lost 8-0 to Mark Robinson (Pittsburgh, PA), droppimg another game, 10-9 to Stephen Parker (Lansing, MI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Cooke did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Cooke ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.