Brian LaPlante (St. Paul, MN) finished 2-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, LaPlante lost 7-4 to Jim Bronson (St. Paul, MN), then responded with a 7-5 win over Kirstin McKeown (Blaine, MN). LaPlante went on to lose 5-2 against Greg Hanson (Chaska, MN). LaPlante responded with a 6-3 win over Mike Jeannot (Blaine, MN). LaPlante went on to lose 8-1 against Dan Ostheimer (Houston, TX) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, LaPlante did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. LaPlante ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.