The Metro Card Club

Josua Rivera Wins METRO 2M410K / Filipino Poker Tour 5

The Metro — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:13:19 +0000

The biggest tournament our local poker scene has ever seen ended last night with one of The Metro Card Club regulars taking home a cool One Million Pesos and bragging rights as the champion of this historic tournament. Outwitting, outplaying, and outlasting 325 other players, not to mention another star-studded final table, is not an easy feat. The final table included Erick Sia (2nd place in the last FPT 3 and APPT Manila money finisher), Ronnel Sto.Tomas (Online poker pro and Champion of the FPT charity tournament), Jun Amito (three-time FPT final table finisher in the last 5 tournaments), and other well-known faces in the poker community. Josua was actually a dark horse in the final table. Several more seasoned veterans like Erick and Ronnel were the favorites to win the tournament.

The New Metro Kicks Off With Record-Breaking Tournament

The Metro — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 00:19:34 +0000

The New Metro card club opened its doors today with The Metro 2M-4-10K Tournament, shattering previous local tournament records for number of participants when an unprecedented 328 poker players came to join this milestone in local poker history. No other local tournament has come even close to breaking the 300 players mark. This tournament now has a P3,280,000 prize pool, meaning the winner will receive at least ONE MILLION PESOS for a P10,000 buy-in.

The New Metro Card Club

The Metro — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:03:40 +0000

The Best Poker Room In Asia Just Got Better. It has been over a year since The Metro Card Club first opened its doors to the poker community, and what a great year it has been. The Metro immediately blazed its way to the top of the local poker industry and set the standards that make it the benchmark for every other poker room today. It provided an unparalleled poker experience to all poker players, and also elevated the awareness and integrity of the game to non-poker players as well. The success of The Metro is all anchored on its motto, “Putting Players First”, and true enough, it is its great relationship with the poker community that made it the best in the country today. Now, The Metro Card Club opens its doors once again, but this time in a bigger, better facility designed to give you the best world-class poker experience that you can have.

PokerStars Satellites For FPT5!

The Metro — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:57:13 +0000

Online Satellites Schedule:

Phase 1
- Open Freerolls: September 11 to October 1, 2008 - 8PM, 10PM
- $3 Qualifier: September 11 to October 1, 2008 - 9PM
Phase 2
- Open Freerolls: September 14, 21, 28 and October 2 - 8PM
- $24 Qualifier: September 14, 21, 28 and October 2 - 9PM

How To Join

Go to PokerStars and click on the "Play Here" or "Free Download" icon to download the software.

The Metro Presents Filipino Poker Tour 5

The Metro — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:37:00 +0000

APPT Macau Satellite Schedule

The Metro — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:57:09 +0000

Aug.30, 2008. Mega Satellite/ Phase 2 Satellite (3 Macau packages guaranteed, 2pm, 15k buy-in freezeout.) Phase 1 satellites: T-TH @ 8pm and saturday @ 2pm ( 1 seat guaranteed each day, buy in P1,500 w/ 1 optional rebuy or addon) Metro 75: 2 phase 2 seats guaranteed, P3,000 buy in. Metro Bounty: Sundays 8pm, 2 phase 2 seats gtd, P3,000 buy in.

Filipino Poker Tour Charity Tournament a Big Success, Raises P1 Million for Charity

The Metro — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:53:21 +0000

A total of 130 players came out last Saturday to the Metro Card Club for the 4th Filipino Poker Tour event. This time, they were not there to play for millions of pesos in prize money, but to support a noble cause. The Metro Card Club, Pokerstars, and the host of the tournament Ms. Tessa Prieto-Valdez, went all out to make sure people who came to play got their money's worth. Several big local celebrities came to support the event alongside the poker community. Richard Gomez, Ogie Alcasid, Regine Velasquez, John Estrada, and Priscilla Mereilles were among them.

The Metro Hosts The 1st Celebrity Charity Poker Tournament

The Metro — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:29:01 +0000

More than 50 fabulous prizes worth over P500k at stake!

Derick Hernandez Eliminated On Day 3 of WSOP 2008

The Metro — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:12:01 +0000

One day shy of making it in the money, Derick had a very big chip stack and could have cruised into day 4. The poker gods decided otherwise, and in a table that had only one bigger stack, Derick got Pocket Kings. After some aggressive betting pre-flop, on the flop, and on the turn, on the river with a board of , Alberto Font moved all in against Frederick Hernandez. Font had Hernandez covered. Hernandez made the call and showed and Font showed . After the hand, Font moved up to 773,000 in chips and became the new chip leader.

Derick Hernandez Makes Day 3, Busts Out Phil Gordon

The Metro — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:22:15 +0000

WSOP Day 3: Our Philippine and METRO contingent to the WSOP 2008 got down to the last player after Neil Arce busted out due to a bad run of unavoidable hands. Derick Hernandez, Metro player and local poker professional, cruised through day 2 and will start day 3 with 282,000 in chips, not far from the top chip leaders. It was a roller coaster ride for Neil Arce, who at one point had over 200,000 in chips. A bad run with big pots crippled him to 80,000 just 6 hands after getting up to 200k. The blinds eventually caught up and he was forced to make a move and pushed with K-J and did not hit. He finished a day shy of being in the money, but again a strong showing for him. Derick Hernandez, on the other hand, showed excellent form and skill when he slowly but surely amassed a good stack of chips, even with uber-pros like Phil Gordon at his table...