Joseph Calabrese (Rochester, NY) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Calabrese finished 4-2 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Calabrese defeated Jeremy Hozjan (Charlotte, NC) 9-7, then won 8-7 against Dion Warr (Schenectady, NY) and 8-5 against Mark Mooney (Plainfield, NJ). Calabrese went on to lose 9-4 against Benj Guzman (Wayland, MA). Calabrese lost 9-5 to Matthew Pring (Philadephia, PA) where Calabrese responded with a 8-6 win over Mark Andrews (Rochester, NY) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. For week of the event schedule, Calabrese did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Calabrese ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.