2008 Asian Poker Tour
Venue: Dusit Hotel Makati
Metro Satellites:
- Level 1 Supersatellites
- Buy-in: P2k + 200
- Schedule: Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays @ 8 PM
- Level 2 Satellites - 1 seat guaranteed
- Buy-in: P12k
- Schedule: To be announced.
Posted by The Metro on April 24, 2008 under News & Updates. No Comments.
Heads-Up Tournament Updates
*Buy-in: P5k+500
*Dates: First Elimination Round — April 20, 2008 (Sunday)
A specific time will be designated for each match (starts 3pm onwards)
*All entrants are required to register on or before April 20, 2008 @ 2pm
All succeeding rounds will all be on the championship date which is on April 26,2008 (Saturday) @ 2pm
*Structure:
The tournament has a unique, single-elimination, bracket-style format modeled after college basketball tournaments. Win a match and advance to the next round; win six matches and be crowned champion.
Players are divided into four brackets – Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades – and advance by winning a heads-up match against their randomly drawn opponent. The structure of the brackets then determines every match thereafter. The semifinals are comprised of one player from each bracket, with the winner of the Spades bracket playing the winner of the Clubs bracket, and the winner of the Hearts bracket matched up against the winner of the Diamonds bracket. A best-of-three final match then determines which of the two finalists is crowned champion.
For the first round, each player’s seat will be picked randomly. A definite schedule will be fixed for each match for the first round which will be on Sunday, April 20, 6pm onwards. Then the other matches will follow through according to the brackets given.
The succeeding matches will be on the championship day, which is on April 26, 2008
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Prize Structure:
1st Place = P70,000
2nd Place = P40,000
3rd & 4th Places = P25,000
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Blind Structure:
20 minutes/ Blind Level
First Round
Starting Stack = 10,000
Level 1___________50-100
Level 2___________100-200
Level 3___________200-400
Level 4___________300-600
Level 5___________400-800
Level 6___________500-1000
Second Round
Starting Stack = 20,000
Level 1___________100-200
Level 2___________200-400
Level 3___________400-800
Level 4___________600-1200
Level 5___________800-1600
Level 6___________1000-2000
Quarter-Finals
Starting Stack = 40,000
Level 1___________200-400
Level 2___________400-800
Level 3___________800-1600
Level 4___________1000-2000
Level 5___________1500-3000
Level 6___________2000-4000
Semi-Finals
Starting Stack = 80,000
Level 1___________400-800
Level 2___________800-1600
Level 3___________1000-2000
Level 4___________2000-4000
Level 5___________3000-6000
Level 6___________4000-8000
Finals
Starting Stack = 160,000
Level 1___________800-1600
Level 2___________1500-3000
Level 3___________2000-4000
Level 4___________3000-6000
Level 5___________4000-8000
Level 6___________6000-12000
Posted by The Metro on April 16, 2008 under News & Updates. 1 Comment.
Metro Summer Series Kicks Off!
Champion’s Tournament
Buy-in: P3000-300
Date: April 12, 2008
First Deal: Starts 2PM
Players should be survivors of the METRO5K
Ladie’s Tournament
50K Guaranteed
Buy-in: P1500-100
Date: April 19, 2008
First Deal: Starts 2PM
50 players max. Free vodka drinks for the players.
Heads Up
160K Guaranteed
Buy-in: P5000-500
Date: April 26, 2008
First Deal: Starts 2PM
32 players max. First come first served.
Team Tournament (Shoot Out)
Buy-in: P15000/team
Date: May 3, 2008
First Deal: Starts 2PM
10 teams max. Each team is composed of 5 players. First come first served.
Register now. Limited seats only.
Posted by The Metro on April 16, 2008 under News & Updates. 2 Comments.
Filipino Poker Tour Won by Metro Player Kent Del Rosario
The second leg of the Pokerstars Filipino Poker Tour recently wrapped up after a 3-day tournament that once again featured the best poker players from around the country. A total of 98 players joined the P50,000 peso buy in event, making a massive 4.9 Million Peso pool, 10% of which was given to charity. A whopping P1.4 Million first prize awaited the eventual champion of the biggest local tournament to date. The winner would also get a seat to the upcoming Pokerstars Asia Pacific Poker Tour later this year, a $2,500 tournament featuring the best of Asia and the world.
The Metro Card Club came in full force, fielding over a dozen players along with its President and veteran poker player Nick Galan, Marketing VP Neil Arce (WSOP finalist), and HR director Luis Carballo (another final table veteran of local tournaments). The action started and it was intense. Day one ended with 78 players eliminated, but The Metro represented with Nick Galan, Luis Carballo, Kent del Rosario (Metro Player and previous P1M Holdem Champion), Melvin Matibag (2nd Place in the Metro Main Event 3M guaranteed), Mark Pagsuyuin (Metro Player and Winner of the ACF 5K) and Ronel Sto. Tomas (Previous FPT final table).
Day two saw Nick Galan eliminated with 17 players left. Luis Carballo landed in 12th place after a heart breaking hand with his pocket queens going against pocket eights, with the eights catching a runner-runner straight, then his A-K running into J-J to eliminate him. The Metro Players who made the final table were Melvin, Mark, and Kent. Melvin is now in the running for Pokerstars FPT player of the year for making final table an astounding 2 out of 2 times!
The final table started on the 3rd day, and Kent eliminated most of the players one by one, until it was down to heads up against Kirby Tan. Kent started with a 4-1 chip advantage, but Kirby managed to make it even stacks after several hands of intense poker action. The chips went back and forth several times until finally, Kirby decided to push with A-3 suited and Kent insta-called with A-J. Kent took down P1.4 MILLION first prize plus the beautiful FPT cup and a seat to the APPT worth $2,500! Kirby ended up with 2nd place money, which was not so bad at P880,000.
The Metro truly represented its players in the 2nd FPT championships. If you want to play against the likes of Kent and other excellent poker players, come play at the best place to play, The Metro Card Club.
The event was hosted by PAGCOR’s 3rd annual World Charity Poker Event at the Asia’s Gem gaming expo.
Posted by The Metro on April 8, 2008 under News & Updates. 2 Comments.
The METRO Now Deals 24/7
The METRO is pleased to announce that it’s now dealing 24/7!
Regular Tournaments:
METRO500 - 25k
Guaranteed runs every Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 1PM; Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6PM.
METRO75
Still on Wednesdays at 8PM.
Lastly, we have level 1 satellites for Asian Poker Tour for 2k+200 buy-in with optional rebuy OR add on that would make one level-2 satellite seat for every 11k in the pot.
Posted by The Metro on March 31, 2008 under News & Updates. 4 Comments.
High Stakes Thursdays at The Metro
The Metro Invites you to HIGH STAKES THURSDAYS!
If you’ve been doing good and want to move up in the games, or if you are just looking for bigger games, every Thursday is High Stakes night at The Metro! From 8pm onwards, the entire second floor of The Metro will be reserved for 50/100, 100/200, 200/400, and the Big game of 500/1000 No Limit Hold’em!
Make sure you reserve your seat!
See you at the Metro!
Posted by The Metro on March 25, 2008 under News & Updates. No Comments.
The METRO500- Tuesdays and Thursdays, P25,000 GUARANTEED!
The Metro has recently ended it’s long running Tuesday freeroll and was replaced by a bigger and better tournament, now also TWICE a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays, The Metro500! With the 500 buy-in and NO registration fee, this will surely fill in the gap for serious new players to take the game more seriously now that there is a buy-in at stake, plus we upped the ante to the tune of 25,000 pesos GUARANTEED to the pot! The first one finished yesterday and true enough, 61 players joined and had a great night of poker. First prize is a minimum 10,000 pesos, and it pays up to 7th place too.
Come to The Metro on Tuesdays and Thursdays for some great tournament poker at an affordable price, and a great guaranteed pot! Like we always say, It’s not just a name, it’s a REAL guarantee!
See youat The METRO!
Posted by The Metro on March 12, 2008 under News & Updates. 2 Comments.
METRO SITE MAINTENANCE AND UPDATES
Sorry for the inconvenience, The Metro Site has not been updated for several days already due to technical issues. Things will be back to normal with updated schedules and news very soon. Thanks and see you at The Metro!
Posted by The Metro on March 6, 2008 under News & Updates. No Comments.
The METRO P1 MILLION Guaranteed On The 1st of March!
1Million Guaranteed Prize Pool
March 1 (Saturday) 2pm Registration; 3pm Sharp First Deal
Levels: 30Mins
Starting Stack: 20,000
Guaranteed prize pool Php1, 000,000
Minimum Places Paid: 7 ( assuming 50 or less players join)
LEVEL ANTE BLINDS
1 - 50-100
2 - 100-200
3 - 200-400
4 50 200-400
5 50 300-600
Break
Remove 25 Chips
6 100 400-800
7 100 500-1,000
8 100 600-1,200
9 200 800-1,600
10 200 1,000-2,000
11 300 1,200-2,400
12 300 1,500-3,000
Break
Remove 100 Chips
13 500 2,000-4,000
14 500 2,500-5,000
15 500 3,000-6,000
Break
Remove 500 Chips
16 1,000 4,000-8,000
17 1,000 5,000-10,000
18 1,000 6,000-12,000
19 2,000 8,000-16,000
Break
20 2,000 10,000-20,000
21 3,000 12,000-24,000
22 3,000 15,000-30,000
23 4,000 20,000-40,000
24 5,000 25,000-50,000
25 6,000 30,000-60,000
26 8,000 40,000-80,000
27 10,000 60,000-120,000
28 15,000 80,000-160,000
Payouts
1st: 360,000
2nd: 240,000
3rd: 160,000
4th: 100,000
5th: 60,000
6th: 40,000
7th: 40,000
Posted by The Metro on February 25, 2008 under News & Updates. No Comments.
Sunshine Samson Wins 2nd Metro 5K Saturday!
The second Metro 5K Saturday was full again, with 4 tables of the best poker players from the local scene vying for the title of 5K Saturday Champion and the P100,000 first place prize. Players also saw the new METRO 5K SATURDAY all-weather jacket that was custom made for the champions of this tournament, and it made them all the more focused on winning the game.
As usual, there was a lot of action and excellent poker play. After almost 5 hours of poker, it was down to the final table. Players like Philippine representative to the WSOP Alan Escano, Consistent Final Table finisher Jardine Gerodias, METRO75 winner Barb Galan, Sunshine Samson, and otherwell known faces in the poker community were ready to go for the title plus the P100,000 first prize.
Eventually, it was down to heads up with Alan Escano and Lesley Jean (Sunshine) Samson. Sunshine outlasted Alan after an intense heads up battle, and got her first (but for sure it won’t be her last) title in The Metro as the 2nd METRO 5K SATURDAY champion!
Posted by The Metro on February 19, 2008 under News & Updates. 4 Comments.
