Matthew Urbaniak (Dayton, OH) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Urbaniak finished 2-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Urbaniak lost 13-3 to P.N. Raju (San Francisco, CA), then responded with a 7-6 win over Jon Penney (Cincinnati, OH). Urbaniak won 8-5 against Michael Greene (Syosset, NY). Urbaniak went on to lose 7-6 against Buck Krawczyk (Austin, TX) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Urbaniak did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Urbaniak ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.