Matt Galas (Chicago, IL) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Galas finished 2-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Galas defeated Kevin King (Kansas City, MO) 7-3, then went on to lose 8-7 against Ernie Forney (Indianopolis, IN). Galas lost 6-2 to Troy Dittberner (Alexandria, MN) where Galas responded with a 6-5 win over Jeremy Witzke (Edmond, OK) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Galas did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Galas ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.