In my improving yrs, once I year I'd play an opponent a little better than me.
For a couple reasons.
First my opponent had to be a fair/good person in game/match play.
Second I made sure it was a Gold Crown with conditions/cue ball I've used before, because he had the best of it.
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Shannon Daulton 30 yr ago or so, at the PCA event/CJ's place.... would give Amarillo Slim I think it was 13-4 or 13-3 and play him one pocket $300 a rack.
If he wants donations, that's that.
Doesn't seem like something a player of his caliber would do $100 sets even, feels like sponsor talk.
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Perspectives, yep.... Opinions of course, and we had to fight Indians before they Opened Bensingers in Chicago. :)
We're an extremely New Country, didn't take us long to put Mosconi on the Brunswick payroll did it :).
Our combined social structure of Great Players/Knoxville Bear/Lassiter...
Yep.... cornblasted it all took 45min.
Then a 220 or 180 grit, took minutes, then a much lighter grit 140?? and stain to you choice, and clear coat/two times, three if your a room owner.