15 Apr Record Metro Summer Event down to final 18 players! Who will be crowned champion?
After six days of Metro Summer Event action, the field is down to the final 18 players! The lineup was determined at Day 2 where 127 players returned to the Metro Card Club. Closing the day with the largest stack was Jose Marco Espela (pictured below) with 3,430,000. Espela is in the best position to take down his first ever Metro title however he will have to navigate past tough competition that include players at his table Rommel Angelex, Qi Xia, and Gerardo Lubas III.
Metro Summer Event – Final 18 players
| Rank | Player | Stack | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Espela Marco Jose | 3,430,000 | 22 | 1 |
| 2 | Ramos Jon Rafael | 2,005,000 | 23 | 4 |
| 3 | Singh Mandeep | 1,785,000 | 22 | 3 |
| 4 | Angeles “MAO” Rommel S. | 1,780,000 | 22 | 7 |
| 5 | Cokaliong Chase | 1,595,000 | 23 | 2 |
| 6 | Acacio Randolph | 1,515,000 | 23 | 5 |
| 7 | Chang Jae Yi | 1,505,000 | 23 | 3 |
| 8 | Patulot Lemmor | 1,235,000 | 22 | 4 |
| 9 | Rivera John Michael | 1,105,000 | 22 | 9 |
| 10 | Marquez Richard S. | 1,045,000 | 23 | 6 |
| 11 | Lubas III Gerardo C. | 1,040,000 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | Segismundo Emmanuel | 1,040,000 | 23 | 1 |
| 13 | Zhiqiang Liu | 775,000 | 22 | 6 |
| 14 | Alcantara Eric | 760,000 | 23 | 9 |
| 15 | Qi Xia | 635,000 | 22 | 2 |
| 16 | Liao Po-Hsun | 505,000 | 23 | 7 |
| 17 | Tabucal Ivan Chev P. | 440,000 | 22 | 8 |
| 18 | Acosta Ronald | 400,000 | 23 | 8 |
The 2024 Metro Summer Event set out to be the richest of all its seasons and it did so and more. The initial PH₱ 6 Million offering was crushed to bits by the PH₱ 9,120,000 prize pool, setting a new record for this event. From a field of 912 entries, it is now down to 18 players. Who will walk away as the newest MSE champion? Who will win the largest cash prize of PH₱ 1,708,200 (~USD 30,200)? One thing is for sure, with no past MSE champion in the lineup, a new face will bask in all the glory!
Follow the action via the Metro Card Club – YouTube. Cards start flying at 2pm.
Dates: April 9 to 15, 2024
Buy in: PH₱ 11,000 (~USD 195)
Guarantee: PH₱ 6,000,000 (~USD 106,000)
Entries: 912
Prize pool: PH₱ 9,120,000 (~USD 161,420)
ITM: 130 players
Metro Summer Event – Remaining Payouts
| Place | Payouts in PHP |
| 1 | 1,708,200 |
| 2 | 880,000 |
| 3 | 520,000 |
| 4 | 340,000 |
| 5 | 240,000 |
| 6 | 180,000 |
| 7 | 150,000 |
| 8 | 120,000 |
| 9 | 100,000 |
| 10-11 | 80,000 |
| 12-14 | 70,000 |
| 15-18 | 60,000 |
*All remaining players will receive a ticket worth PH₱ 5,500 to the Metro Walk To A Million.
Metro Summer Event – Day 2 recap
After five entry heats, only 127 advanced to Day 2 out of the 912 total entries. Nearly all of the Day 1 leaders advanced – Gerardo Lubas III (1,040,000), Qi Xia (635,000), Liao Po-Hsun (505,000), and Ronald Acosta (400,000). The only one that missed the mark was the day’s entering chip leader Ivan Dela Cruz who pushed all in with {kh}{4h} and was rivered by {jc}{10c} on a board {jd}{ks}{8s}{9c}{10h}.
Some big hands of the day… RVS Cup champion Richard Marquez catapulted to the top of the charts with {kd}{ks} over {10h}{10c}. The double up sent the champ over a million. Jae Chang also picked up momentum when he first doubled up with {as}{kh} over {7d}{7s}. Randolph Acacio zoomed to 1.6 million with {qs}{qc} cleaning out a player with {as}{qh} that missed. The day ended with Mandeep Singh eliminating Jose Cheng in 19th place. Utg Cheng pushed preflop with {qs}{jh}, big blind Singh defended with {ks}{qd}. The final board of Day 2 was {10d}{6d}{jd}{ac}{8c}.
Rise of Jose Marco Espela
For the day’s closing chip leader Jose Marco Espela, he was awarded full pay for his {as}{ah} against {ks}{10h}, on a board {qc}{3h}{ad}{3s}{jc}, full house over straight. Another big hand for Espela was {ah}{qc} spiking the ace on the river to dust {jc}{js}. One of his final hands was {ad}{ah} prevailing over {kd}{jc} on board {qh}{kc}{6c}{8s}{10d}, with the shoves seen at the flop.
Metro Summer Event – Structure
The final 18 players will see blinds increase every 40 minutes. Players will receive 4 time banks plus 5 for those that reach the final table. Format switches to regular ante at the final table.
Links:
Metro Summer Event – Chip Counts – Day 1 to Day 2
Metro Summer Event – News
Metro Summer Event – Mini Main
If you aren’t one of the final 18 players of the Metro Summer Event there’s still time to secure yourself the last side event trophy on the mantle with Mini Main kicking off at 3pm. The will surely be one coveted title so make sure to secure your seat. Buy in is just PH₱ 5,500 with unlimited re-entries until the end of Level 10. Check the sched below for all the details.
METRO TOURNEY MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
For everyone that reached ITM at the Metro Summer Event, you all earned points towards the Metro Tourney Most Valuable Player contest! This is the Metro Card Cub’s newest award introduced at the start of the year. Beginning on January 2, 2024, Metro Card Club Members started accumulating points towards the Metro Tourney Most Valuable Player Leaderboard. Points could be earned through various tournaments and could be accrued daily. The deadline to earn points is December 16, 2024. By the cutoff, the player at the top of the leaderboard will receive an abundance of prizes including PH₱ 100,000, 4D/3N stay at The District Boracay, commemorative trophy, and a 1-year contract as a Metro Team Pro. Make sure to review all the mechanics.
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