Mark Faltesek (St. Paul, MN) finished 5-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Faltesek lost 7-4 to Jordan Cabak (St. Paul, MN), then responded with a 7-4 win over Curt Zepada (St. Paul, MN). Faltesek won 8-1 against Joey Erjavec (Blaine, MN), then won 7-3 against Chris Rugg (St. Paul, MN) and 7-4 against Daniel Metcalf (Chicago, IL). Faltesek won 10-2 against Don Cherrey (Blaine, MN). Faltesek went on to lose 6-4 against Chad Anderson (Centerville, WI) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Faltesek did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Faltesek ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.