Doug Schaak (Portland, OR) finished 3-6 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Schaak lost 10-8 to Jeff Wright (Chicago, IL), then responded with a 9-4 win over Mark Willmert (St. Paul, MN). Schaak won 6-5 against Chad Roberts (Detroit, MI), then won 8-4 against Daryl Horsman (Scottsdale, AZ). Schaak went on to lose 9-3 against Leo Johnson (Fairbanks, AK). Schaak lost 9-3 to Doug Kauffman (Seattle, WA). Schaak lost 5-3 to Mark Olson (Janesville, WI). Schaak lost 11-4 to Ivaylo Petrov (Plainfield, NJ). Schaak lost 8-2 to Dave Jensen (Bismarck, ND) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Schaak did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Schaak ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.