The Black Widow Snares Trick Shot Challenge

The Black Widow Snares Trick Shot Challenge By InsidePOOL StaffThe Women’s Trick Shot Challenge, a one-day event held at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, CT, ended Friday, August 13, 2004, with Jeanette “The Black Widow” Lee taking home the $25,000 winner-take-all payday.Four women came out to compete: Jeanette Lee, BCA Hall of Fame members Loree Jon Jones and Ewa Laurance, and Ming “The Empress” Ng. Each match consisted of six artistic shots and four skill shots by each player for a total of twenty shots. For each successfully executed shot, a player was rewarded with one point. Players challenged their opponents with a shot of their own choosing, and each person received two attempts per shot.
Lee and Jones matched up in the first semifinal match, with Lee easily taking the lead with successful shots such as the “Evil Knievel” shot and the “Sneaky 8 Ball” shot. When the skill shots division began, Lee made an excellent one-handed jump shot to increase her lead to 7-4. She earned one more point before mathematically eliminating Jones and winning the semifinals 8-4.In the second match, Laurance and Ng met, and “The Striking Viking” took the lead with classic shots like “Just Showin’ Off,” “Machine Gun,” and “Passing Lane” and soon was ahead 8-3. Both ladies scored two more points in the skill shot division, but Ng missed both attempts on her last skill shot, mathematically making Laurance the winner 9-5.The final match, with its huge payout of $25,000 to the winner, saw no one score a point for the first two shots, but Lee got on the board with her “Banana” shot that she renamed “The Black Widow” shot, where she curved the cue ball through a large, stuffed spider on the table. She retained the lead throughout the match while Laurance struggled. Laurance narrowed the gap to 6-4 when she successfully executed one of Lee’s rotation shots after her opponent failed and came within a point with her “Color of Money” shot. Lee pulled ahead again with a nice bank-kick shot, and Laurance came with the “Passing Lane” shot to make it 8-7 Lee. A couple of misses by both brought it down to the wire, with Laurance making her last skill shot, where she had to jump over and then spin under the bridge. She missed both attempts and gave the match to Lee, who was the 8-7 winner.Visit InsidePOOL for the latest news in the sport of billiards and pool.

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