Barry Ivy (Livermore, CA) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Ivy finished 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ivy defeated Danielle Buchbinder (Rochester, NY) 12-2, then won 9-5 against Gary Mazzotta (Minneapolis, MN) and 10-4 against Michael Floerchinger (Princeton, MN). Ivy went on to lose 7-0 against Andy Jukich (Duluth, MN) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Ivy did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Ivy ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.