Hands #221-227: Ema Zajmovic Takes a Big Chip Lead

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Hand #221  –  Jean-Francois Bouchard folds, giving Ema Zajmovic a walk.

Hand #222  –  Ema Zajmovic folds, giving Jean-Francois Bouchard a walk.

Hand #223  –  Jean-Francois Bouchard tries to raise to 350,000, but he’s forced to min-raise to 400,000. Ema Zajmovic calls. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Zajmovic bets 275,000, and Bouchard folds. Zajmovic takes the pot.

Ema Zajmovic  –  5,100,000  (26 bb)
Jean-Francois Bouchard  –  6,275,000 (31 bb)

Hand #224  –  Ema Zajmovic raises to 400,000, and Jean-Francois Bouchard calls. The flop comes , Bouchard checks, Zajmovic bets 325,000, and Bouchard folds. Zajmovic takes the pot.

Hand #225  –  Jean-Francois Bouchard raises from the button to 500,000, Ema Zajmovic moves all in for about 5.5 million, and Bouchard folds. Zajmovic takes the pot.

Ema Zajmovic  –  6,050,000  (30 bb)
Jean-Francois Bouchard  –  5,325,000  (27 bb)

Hand #226  –  Ema Zajmovic raises to 400,000, and Jean-Francois Bouchard folds.

Hand #227  –  Jean-Francois Bouchard raises to 500,000, and Ema Zajmovic calls. The flop comes , Zajmovic checks, Bouchard bets 600,000, and Zajmovic calls. The turn card is the , and both players check.

The river card is the , and they check again. Zajmovic shows to win the pot with two pair, queens and tens, and Bouchard mucks.

Zajmovic takes her first big chip lead of heads-up play.

Ema Zajmovic  –  7,400,000 (37 bb)
Jean-Francois Bouchard  –  3,975,000 (20 bb)