Juraj Gallo (Martin, SVK) finished 2-4 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gallo defeated Kimberly Wapola (St. Paul, MN) 8-1, then went on to lose 5-1 against Minnesota's Todd Birr. Gallo lost 8-2 to Craig Brown (Madison, WI). Gallo lost 7-5 to Minnesota's Mike Farbelow. Gallo lost 5-3 to Ryan Lemke (Medford, WI) where Gallo responded with a 7-4 win over Mike Fraboni (Madison, WI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 17 of the event schedule, Gallo did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 455th to 457th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Gallo ranks 321st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.