Verocious landlords

So I've been practicing solo for about 3 months now.
I've seen much improvement, some examples such as:
- Averaging 50-60% pot success on long straight blues from baulk line
- Can clear colors from spots, around 1 in 3 attempts I'd say, improving everyday
- Made a century in line-up too.

I get 2 hours practice time every weekday, and I'm absolutely alone in the hall (I literally got a key made for myself and my practice time is outside of hall opening hours)

The problem is, all the good things I see in practice go to the dumpyard in a tournament.

I literally ended up missing an off straight close range red that I wouldn't miss ever in practice.

I can't find time when hall is open or play on weekends, plus the place I go to has no good players so playing them is almost waste of time.

I'm curious, does community have any ideas on how can I simulate match situations in my practice hours? How to become more match sharp?

Deciding frame in the 2022 Masters semifinal between Neil Robertson and Mark Williams.

One red (35 points) remains on the table and the score is Robertson 26, Williams 67.

The black is extremely close to a corner pocket, and the red is extremely close to the black.

The commentators say that, despite the point difference, Robertson can plausibly win, because, if Williams pots the black, the score will be 33–67 with 35 on.

My thought — if Williams pots the red and black in one shot on purpose (and assuming no miss is called), that would be 33–67 with just 27 on and two snookers still required.

So my question is twofold:

1. Is that something reasonable to strive for? Is it possible to reliably pot two balls that are in such a position (if you're Mark Williams!)?
2. Could the referee call a miss, allowing the position to be re-placed?

So, I've been a casual player for about 2 years now, not enough time to dedicate to the game, but love it more than anything else. Region (India).

I have a custom cue, an O`min Perfect - and it is good enough for me, and I can tell the difference between a shit parlour cue and a nice custom cue, or a cue with even weight distribution, but I can mostly tell it only if they are side by side.

Being able to judge a cue, or compare it to a benchmark, just by memory, I am not able to do that.

Something similar with cloth also. When I started out playing and practicing the game, i played on a really, really shit cloth, and seldom got to experience good tables and cloth.

What I want to understand is how does one gain enough knowledge or understanding about the game, to be able to just pick up a cue, play a few shots, and pinpoint exactly whats bad about it, how that affects the game, by how much, what needs changing etc. Same with the table cushions and cloth.

Similar points with tip aswell but i havent had the chance to experience good tips yet so wouldnt get into that yet.

TLTR: How does one instinctively judge and compare cues and cloth.

Anyone based around Stockport who’d fancy a game maybe once a week? I’m average at best. Highest break was 50 odd about 30 years ago!! Nowadays lucky to get 30. Anyway drop me a DM if interested.