Melvin Shaw (Laurel, MD) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, Shaw finished 7-0 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shaw defeated David Bykowski (Laurel, MD) 10-2, then won 10-9 against Ivaylo Petrov (South Plainfield, NJ) and 8-6 against Brent Cooke (Richmond, VA). Shaw won 8-7 against Michael Stefanik (Schenectady, NY), then won 10-4 against Sean Mayne (Bridgeport, CT) and 9-5 against Andrew Stopera (Ardsley, NY). Shaw won 8-5 against Robert Kwan (Bridgeport, CT) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Shaw did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Shaw ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.