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Three-time World 8-ball pool Champion Gareth Potts faces a challenge of a different kind this weekend as he takes on former European Champion, Oly Bale, in a best of 59 frame match for a cool £20,000.
Gareth said recently, “Money matches like this do not come around very often so it is almost a once in a lifetime chance.”
Potts and Bale both make no secret of the fact that there is some dislike between them which should add additional bite to an already tense and exciting match.
Oly, who hails from Bridgwater, …
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Looking around the room, there is a range of choice of clothing in which to compete for approximately £3000. I would consider this quite a fair amount of money, of which, if I was playing to win, I would seriously consider what I’m wearing and how it will affect my state of play.
For example, I am currently watching two fairly young players, whom will remain nameless, one of whom is dressed plainly in blue jeans, black polo shirt and comfortable white trainers. The other has obviously taken more interest in …
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“There is no pleasing pool players” goes the oft quoted mantra, and judging by the regular and sometimes gruesome evisceration (metaphorical, sometimes….) of almost everything and everyone associated with the game, far from there being a grain of truth in the statement, there is a boulder sized lump of both perceptiveness and clarity in it.
The problem may stem from the standards set by some truly brilliant clubs across the country. When players that travel see the way things can be, the natural progression is to ask why on earth things …

