Sam Steep (St. Catherines, ON) finished 0-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Steep lost 8-4 to Pat Ferris (Grimsby, ON), droppimg another game, 7-3 to Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Nagano, JPN). Steep lost 6-4 to Cameron Goodkey (Ottawa, ON) in their final qualifying round match.
 
. Steep gained -0.626 points improving upon their best 3 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 199thplace overall with 13.016 total points. Steep ranks 121st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.382 points earned so far this season.