Matt Galas (Chicago, IL) needed tiebreakers to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Galas finished 1-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Galas lost 10-1 to Paul Mendoza (Hollywood, CA), then responded with a 12-10 win over David Steinhauser (Omaha, NE). Galas went on to lose 9-4 against Mark McElwee (Lansing, MI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Galas did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Galas ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.