Dean Wadland (Schenectady, NY) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Wadland finished 3-1 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wadland defeated Tim Clafin (Brookline, MA) 9-3, then went on to lose 9-8 against Peter Bialek (Wayland, MA). Wadland responded with a 6-5 win over David Bykowski (Potomac, MD). Wadland won 12-10 against Ivaylo Petrov (Plainfield, NJ) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Wadland did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Wadland ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.