Ema Zajmovic is a local cash game specialist who managed to end Day 2, Day 3, and Day 4 as the second chip leader, and as play continued on 2 tables playing down to the official final table, she emerged as a very strong table captain – to the point that she almost induced a couple of players to blind out instead of playing hands against Ema, her aggression, and her stack size at the time.
On the final table, Ema started off with her old table boss ways, but it didn’t work quite as well as it had the day before. It wasn’t a question of poor play – not in the least – as much as it was a question of bad timing. After a few orbits she lost a key pot when she 3bet Benny Chen with 
only to face an all-in from Benny and his 
. Now among the short stacks, Ema seemed to partially abandon the strategy that had worked so well.
A few orbits later, Ema chose to shove over top of a cutoff raise to 250K by Mike Sexton – only to find a quick call from Mike who was holding 
– well ahead of Ema’s 
. Mike’s Aces held on the 
board, eliminating Ema in 5th place.
5th place: Ema Zajmovic, $102,010
