Troy Dittberner (Alexandria, MN) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Dittberner finished 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dittberner lost 7-5 to Christopher Doremus (Houston, TX), then responded with a 11-1 win over Brian Martinelli (Las Vegas, NV). Dittberner won 10-5 against P.N. Raju (San Francisco, CA), then won 9-2 against Mark Robinson (Pittsburgh, PA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Dittberner did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Dittberner ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.