She’s an aggressive player, but she said anyone at the final table could have won this tournament. Zajmovic was flattered by the comparison, but wasn’t sure if it’s necessarily accurate. “She is a combo of Phil Ivey and Vanessa Selbst,” Sexton said. The legendary WPT co-commentator and fellow WPT Champions Club member to Zajmovic also made a comparison to the new winner’s play that pretty much every poker player would kill to get. We’re going to be seeing a lot more of her in the future. “I have the greatest respect for her,” Sexton said. Sexton praised Zajmovic’s play in that event, pointing out her aggressive style and how much she intimidated the rest of the field. There, with the belt within reach, Zajmovic finished in fifth place after holding a chip lead during much of the late stages of the tournament. Last November, she made the final table of the Season XV WPT Montreal Main Event won by Mike Sexton. This is not the first time Zajmovic has given the poker world a sweat about an open-event female WPT winner. Now it has evolved so much and it is nice to see I had support from older women, younger women.” It was hard to be good and be supportive of each other. When I started playing poker, there was so much competition between girls. “The funniest and nicest part of this experience was all the women who came and were so supportive of me. “Honestly, I am really happy that I proved women can do it,” Zajmovic said of winning an open WPT Main Tour event. As play neared the final table, she could not help but notice how many women were paying attention to her run in this tournament. That is not to say she didn’t realize the historic impact of what she accomplished this evening. When she described her mindset at the final table, it was singularly focused on one goal. As part of her prize, she received a seat into the invite-only WPT Tournament of Champions at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood this April.Įver since Zajmovic saw two of her friends win WPT events at Playground Poker Club in Montreal and earn the belt, akin to the kind awarded in boxing and wrestling, it has been on Zajmovic’s mind. Zajmovic collected C$261,000 for defeating a field of 380 entries in the C$3,500 buy-in event. Zajmovic won the Season XV WPT Playground Main Event, becoming the second female WPT champion and the first to ever win an open buy-in event on the tour, as Nguyen’s title came in the WPT Celebrity Invitational in 2008. On Tuesday, Ema Zajmovic gave the poker world some answers. Since then, questions have been raised about why women have not fared better on the tour. It has been nearly nine years since the WPT had its first female champion in Van Nguyen. The Season XV WPT Playground Championship belt. For qualifier Ema Zajmovic though, her accessory of choice highlights her personal accomplishment. She got another shot at a final table a couple months later and didn't waste the opportunity.Fashionistas will tell you the importance accessories play in someone’s personal style. Although Zajmovic busted in fifth place, Mike Sexton showered her with praise for her skills. Mike Sexton pulled off a sick comeback and shipped that title. Last November, she final tabled the WPT Montreal. Zajmovic made back-to-back final tables in Montreal.
The funniest and nicest part of this experience was all the women who came and were so supportive of me.
In a post-victory interview, Zajmovic told the crew at WPT, “I am really happy that I proved women can do it. Ema Zajmovic won $261K in Canadian Dollars, or roughly $200K USD. The final day of the main event started with 10 players. The main event buy-in at the WPT Playground was $3,500 CAD. The French-Canadian cash-game specialist made her second- straight WPT final table.
Alas, Ema Zajmovic etched her name in the history books with a victory at the WPT Playground. Although Nguyen was the first woman to win a WPT title, it was a freeroll. In 2008, Van Nguyen (who was married to Men the Master at the time) won the invitation-only WPT Invitational. Yes, it's a technicality, but in the poker world, everyone is a stickler for details. On Valentine's Day, Ema Zajmovic became the the second woman to win an event on the World Poker Tour, but she also made history by becoming the first-ever female to win an open event. The Playground is one of the coolest card rooms in Canada and the heart of poker in Montreal.
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