Tournament today on the dead mans curve pattern. First practice shot with Reax I tried straight up the 5 board (I knew this was out of bounds) ball went straight for the 10 pin like a plastic ball would. I ended that test real quick and moved in...2nd arrow...nothing...The only playable shot was between 2nd and 3rd arrow with slower then normal speeds. By game 2 the pattern opened up a bit and was able to get decent reaction, 3rd game the ball worked better and was able to play up 10. "OIL MONSTER"? Im not so sure about. On the house shot in my league the ball was a beast, on the dead mans curve pattern....It was OK....but to be fair nobody, no ball had a great reaction in game one.