David Samsa (Green Bay, WI) are currently 4-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Samsa defeated Brad Carlson (Cape Cod, MA) 11-0, then won 8-1 against George Eldridge (Connecticut, USA). Samsa went on to lose 7-7 against Bobby Faircloth (Charlotte, NC). Samsa lost 10-2 to Kirk Black (Blaine, USA) where Samsa responded with a 5-3 win over Radek Musilek (Prague, CZE). Samsa won 7-3 against Bob Prenoveau (Utica, NY). Samsa went on to lose 8-2 against Ken White (Cape Cod, MA). In their next game, Samsa plays Benoit Lessard (Normanque, CAN) on Saturday at 12:30pm and Radoslav Duris (Bratislava, SVK) at 3:30pm.
 
. For week 1 of the event schedule, Samsa did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Samsa ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.