Richard Lazarowich (Silicon Valley, CA) finished 4-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Lazarowich defeated Alex Baxter (San Francisco, CA) 6-3, then won 8-1 against Paul Mendoza (Hollywood, CA) and 8-7 against Austin Berndt (Orange County, CA). Lazarowich went on to lose 7-4 against Benedict Yoong (Hollywood, CA). Lazarowich responded with a 10-0 win over Jim Muyo (San Francisco, CA) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Lazarowich did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Lazarowich ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.