Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, AK) finished 3-2 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Persinger defeated Jeffrey Erickson (St. Paul, MN) 7-2, then won 7-1 against Evan Workin (Fargo, ND). Persinger went on to lose 9-5 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Persinger lost 6-4 to Geoff Goodland (St. Paul, MN) where Persinger responded with a 7-1 win over Minnesota's Eric Fenson in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 9 of the event schedule, Persinger did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 239th to 242nd place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 1.475 total points. Persinger ranks 472nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.