To note, the champion title went to the legendary Mike Sexton that day.Īfter her 2017 victory, Sexton called himself a fan of Ema’s talent and prophesied that her name would be still heard in the poker world, which actually happened. In November 2016, during the WPT Montreal, she was close to winning the event but took fifth place and over 100 000 Canadian dollars in prize money. Yes, yes, Zajmovic could go down in poker history before. On top of that, she received a ticket for the $15 000 WPT Tournament Of Champions.įor Ema, that win became her second successful performance at the WPT. The poker player earned over $200 000 thanks to her sensational victory. Thereby, Ema was awarded Moment of the Year 2017 at the American Poker Awards (in Los Angeles) at the end of February 2018. The Canadian quite unexpectedly took down the WPT Playground Main Event 2017, a $3 500 tournament held in her homeland in Montreal.īefore her, no women had yet won Main Events of the World Poker Tour. The thing is, Ema Zajmovic became the first female player in the history of poker who managed to win an open WPT tournament. Zajmovich has been participating in famous live tournaments since 2011, but it wasn't until 2017 that her name spread all over the poker community. Later, she focused on poker tournaments, seeing them to be more satisfying.īy the way, saying "goodbye" to cash poker, Ema left her boyfriend behind as well. To learn to play poker, Zajmovic started small, playing cash games for fun. At that time, Ema dated a poker player, who, naturally, introduced the game to her. The girl made poker a part of her life at 19 years of age. The girl first wanted to be a lawyer, but later chose a different career path: she got a degree in public relations and then a master's degree in political communication at the University of Laval, located in Quebec.
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She was also active in sports.īeing involved in sports, Ema spent more time with boys, and it undoubtedly assisted her in playing poker, as it’s not easy to compete in the male-dominated sector.Įma Zajmovic didn’t play poker at school and definitely wasn’t dreaming of becoming a poker pro at college.
Her hard work bore fruit, and soon the girl began to do well at school. But she didn’t give up.Įma liked studying at school, so she poured all of their time and energy into it. Ema struggled to pick up a new language for her, namely French, and it was first difficult to fit in. The new life, however, wasn't easy for her. They decided to start a new life in Quebec. When Ema was 6 years old, her family fled to Canada to escape the conflict. The girl was born on Apin Yugoslavia, shortly before the 10-year-long Yugoslav Wars (1991-2001), which left an indelible scar on the history of the world. But, that didn’t stop her from making more money, playing live poker tournaments, than some of us have seen in a decade, if not a lifetime. In her youth, Zajmovic experienced many trials and tribulations. Ema Zajmovic is a Bosnian-Canadian female poker player, also known as the first (and so far the only) woman to win the WPT Main Event.
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