Well, I have planned on playing straighter anyway, controlling the break point is key..

Just wasn't sure how the volume would play into it..

Yeah, I have never owned Urethane anyway...  so, that is out of the picture

ok, I'm gonna have to plead a fair amount of stupidity here.

I thought it was only 21 feet of conditioner, not 27 feet.  I misread the numbers to the right of the lane indicating how many feet of oil.

However, I thought I remembered you as a fairly high rev player and I thought something "outside the box" might work.  Something with 5.25+ pin to pap with varying coverstock strengths to smooth out the breakpoint will keep this playable.
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You can play this pattern how you like really... I watched the sweeper this evening and everyone had a different idea of how to play them.  

You will need something that you can get to the breakpoint down lane though, otherwise carry will suffer at the very least.  I saw plenty of splits...

The sweeper was full and the money line was between +4 and +9 (can't remember exactly though)

FWIW... you'll be bowling on ProAnvilane with synthetic approaches.  This is one of the earlier versions of that lane material, so while it's one of the harder versions, it's seen a lot of play.
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Interesting. Does not look overly complcated, but I think the large buffed area will change your line in the course of playing dramatically. While I'd start of with a medium range ball (from my arsenal, my polished Renegade or my Pure Hammer would be 1st choices) and start things with a rather straight and conservative shot between 2nd and 3rd arrow. Nothing matte or aggressive, because most of the oil is in the head area - where it should remain.

I am sure that after 1 game the lane will start to open up and allow a deeper line with much more ball movement. That's something I'd watch out for in the first games.

Later on, I'd again start watching the ball's reaction, because the large buffed zone will wear down quickly (esp. with heavy traffic and sponge balls), and the balls will start hooking early. It is IMHO not so important what you do about it, e. g. moving closer to the gutter for some fresh lane area, switch to a weaker ball to stay on lione or even get a strong piece that hooks a lot for a deeper line - the pattern yields IMO a lot of paths for various styles. But more important is to have an eye on the ball reaction, to make this move at the right time (or anticipate it), not to get lost when the lane starts breaking down seriously.

I played something similar on an Easter tournament (a little less oil volume and a longer tongue in the middle, but overal pretty similar), and this strategy got me through 6 games with confidence while some other players around started cursing in the 5th game because they just kept with strong equipment on their initial line, and/or started searching solutions when it was already too late - got me finally in 29th place of 145 players. Nothing to cheer about, but the long-term strategy (mentioned above) worked, and that's what brought me into the winning ranks and kept me there for 2 days.
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