Hand #256: Ema Zajmovic Wins partypoker.net WPT Playground (CAD $261,000)

Photo:  Ema Zajmovic is the second woman in history to win a WPT title, and the first to win an open WPT title.

Hand #256  –  Ema Zajmovic has the button and is first to act, but Jean-Francois Bouchard moves all in out of turn. Zajmovic asks for clarification — if she were to call, is his all in binding? Yes, it would be.

Zajmovic calls, and Bouchard is committed to move all-in for 5,125,000.

Zajmovic calls with , and Bouchard turns over . Bouchard needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Zajmovic wins the pot — and the WPT title — with two pair, kings and queens.

Jean-Francois Bouchard finishes as the runner-up, earning CAD $169,270.

Ema Zajmovic wins partypoker.net WPT Playground, becoming the second woman in history to win a WPT title, and the first to win an open WPT title. Zajmovic wins CAD $261,000, which includes a US $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions. Zajmovic will receive a WPT Champions Trophy, a WPT Playground Championship Belt, and her name will be inscribed on the WPT Champions Cup alongside every other WPT champion from all 15 seasons of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to Ema Zajmovic!

1st:  Ema Zajmovic  –  CAD $261,000*  (US $200,769*)
2nd:  Jean-Francois Bouchard  –  CAD $169,270  (US $130,208)
3rd:  Eric Afriat  –  CAD $108,690  (US $83,608)
4th:  Tam Ho  –  CAD $71,670  (US $55,131)
5th:  Mekhail Mekhail  –  CAD $55,200  (US $42,462)
6th:  Jean-Pascal Savard  –  CAD $45,690  (US $35,146)

* First-prize amount includes a US $15,000 entry into the season-ending WPT Tournament of Champions.

Photo:  Runner-Up Finisher Jean-Francois Bouchard