Final 16 players of the Metro Summer Event! Dek Cruz and Christopher Mateo lead the race

It was a quick Day 2 at the 2022 Metro Summer Event with the 69 player field trimmed to the final 16 in just four hours. Dek Cruz closed out the heat bagging the mightiest stack of 1,006,000, and was the only player to end with seven digits. Cruz was a wrecking ball throughout. One of his busts was cracking Jimmie Javier‘s pocket Aces with 7-8 suited turned straight. To mark the end of Day 2, Cruz eliminated Jojo Ledina in 17th place with pocket Fours set against A-10 overcards that missed.

Dek Cruz

Also bagging up a big one was decorated local pro Christopher Mateo with 995,000 in chips. Mateo topped Day 1B and entered the heat fourth in stack. He stayed dominant throughout to drive his stack into second rank. Mateo is less than one BB behind the leader. It should be an exciting final race as both chip leaders are seated at the same table with Mateo having position over Cruz.

Christopher Mateo

Other players to watch for are William Ysmael who maintained his big stack, decorated local pro Jessie Leonarez, Day 1D chip leader Ericson Ebilane, and John Clyde Tan who climbed from just 13 BB entering Day 2 to a spot in the final day.

Final 16 players by chip counts

Total entries: 533
Chips in play: 7,970,900
Average stack: 498,181

Final Day players by Table and Seat assignment

When action resumes on Monday, April 25, players are guaranteed a minimum take of Php 25,000 but what they’ll be hunting for is the Php 677,500 first place cash prize. The top two places will also be awarded a seat to the Asian Poker Championship valued at Php 44,000 each. Players, fans, and railbirds will be happy to know that we will be providing Live Reporting so you can track the action to the finish. Cards in the air at 12pm. Blinds increase every 40 minutes. Structure is still Ante BB until the final table is reached then it switches to Ante posted by all players.

Final 16 payouts

Final Day blinds structure

Event Review

The MSE drew 533 entries across four starting days to generate a guarantee crushing prize pool of Php 2,470,000. Out of the huge turnout, only 69 qualified into Day 2 with the money just 16 spots away. The bubble burst when Day 1A chip leader John  Matsuda railed a player with pocket Aces dominating pocket Sevens. Day 1C chip leader Vamerdino Magsakay had a more challenging day, exiting early in 44th place. 2018 Metro Summer Event champion Joseph Sia fared better, rising from just 9 BB at the start to 39th place. 2015 RVS Cup champion Richard Marquez placed 35th and Pre-event winner Rommel Angeles followed right after in 34th place. The day ended at the fall of Jojo Ledina to Dek Cruz. 

Buy in: Php 5,500
Guarantee: Php 1,500,000
Entries: 533
Prize pool: Php 2,470,000
ITM: 53 places

Day 1A: 13 advanced out of 85 entries
Day 1B: 13 advanced out of 110 entries
Day 1C: 15 advanced out of 125 entries
Day 1D: 29 advanced out of 213 entries
Day 2: 16 left out of 69 players