Paul Ellarby (Lakeville, MN) finished 1-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Ellarby lost 6-5 to Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN), droppimg another game, 6-0 to Dale Gibbs (St. Paul, MN) where Ellarby responded with a 10-2 win over Levi Rosenthal (Lakeville, MN). Ellarby went on to lose 5-1 against Timothy Hodek (Fargo , ND) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week 19 of the event schedule, Ellarby did not improve upon their best events, dropping from 604th to 610th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with 0 total points. Ellarby ranks 480th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.