Seung Min Kim (Seoul, KOR) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Kim finished 1-2 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim lost 8-7 to Mike Libbus (Calgary/Black Diamond, AB), then responded with a 6-5 win over Steven Andrews (Coaldale, AB). Kim went on to lose 7-2 against Thomas Usselman (Calgary, AB) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Kim did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 482nd place on the World Ranking Standings with 0.000 total points. Kim ranks 285th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.