Mark Ngo (Oklahoma City, OK) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Ngo finished 0-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ngo lost 7-0 to David Wiesen (San Francisco, CA), droppimg another game, 11-4 to Mark McElwee (Lansing, MI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Ngo did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ngo ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.