held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top team qualified directly to the Nationals, and the second-ranked team qualified to the challenge round. The team skipped by Heath McCormick qualified directly to the Nationals, and the team skipped by Derek Surka qualified to the challenge round. Standings Final round-robin standings Standings after tiebreakers Round-robin results Draw 1 Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm Draw 2 Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm Draw 3 Friday, January 6, 9:00 am Draw 4 Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm Draw 5 Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm Draw 6 Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am Draw 7 Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm Draw 8 Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm Draw 9 Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am Tiebreakers Round 1 Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm Round 2 Sunday, January 8, 7:00 pm Seattle qualifier The Seattle qualifier was held at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top team qualified directly to the Nationals, and the second-ranked team qualified to the challenge round. The team skipped by Wes Johnson qualified directly to the Nationals, while the team skipped by Sean Beighton qualified to the challenge round. Standings Final round-robin standings Standings after tiebreakers Round-robin results Draw 1 Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm Draw 2 Friday, January 6, 1:00 pm Draw 3 Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm Draw 4 Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am Draw 5 Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm Tiebreaker The "tiebreaker" was played in accordance with the double knockout provision. Wes Johnson and Sean Beighton were the top two teams in the pool, and even though Johnson was undefeated, a deciding game needed to be held between Johnson and Beighton. Beighton had one loss (from losing to Johnson), and Johnson had none. If Beighton had won the tiebreaker, he and Johnson would have had one loss apiece, and would have needed to decide which team would advance to the nationals by playing another tiebreaker, which would have given one team two losses, therefore eliminating that team from the top spot. Johnson won this tiebreaker, so Beighton, with two losses, took second place. Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm Grand Forks qualifier The Grand Forks qualifier was held at the Grand Forks Curling Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It will be held in a triple