Ema Zajmovic Eliminated on the Money Bubble by Victor Lemos

Photo:  The different expressions of Ema Zajmovic while she is all in and waiting for the other table to finish their hand so she can find out her own fate.

With 37 players remaining (and only 36 getting paid), Ema Zajmovic moves all in from middle position for 51,000. Victor Lemos calls from the button, and Ryan Yu calls from the small blind.

The flop comes , Yu checks, Lemos bets about 50,000 into the dry side pot, and Yu snap-folds.

There is an extended delay as they wait for a hand to finish at the next table before they can reveal their cards. That hand culminates in a river shove, but no call. So all attention in the room returns to this table, where Zajmovic is all in and facing elimination.

Zajmovic turns over , and she’ll need to improve to stay alive against the of Lemos.

The turn card is the , the river card is the , and the pocket jacks hold up for Lemos to win the pot and eliminate Zajmovic on the Money Bubble in 37th place.

Victor Lemos  –  541,000  (68 bb)
Ema Zajmovic  –  Bubbled in 37th Place

Level 19 had been extended due to the length of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, so as soon as the Money Bubble burst, the players took their 15-minute break.