Brent Cooke (Richmond, VA) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Cooke finished 2-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Cooke defeated Guy Scholz (Colorado Springs, CO) 5-4, then won 6-3 against Troy Dittberner (Alexandria, MN). Cooke went on to lose 5-4 against Mark Robinson (Pittsburgh, PA). Cooke lost 8-3 to Scholz 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.