One Million Bucks and The Last Metro Title of 2024 To Be Awarded Today

It is down to the final day at the Metro Christmas Special with 18 players remaining! One of these players listed below will become the last Metro Card Club champion of the year and will pocket a cool ONE MILLION in Philippine Pesos.

Follow the action via the Livestream! Starts at 2pm.

Chips in play: 14,500,000
Average stack: 805,555 (26.8 bb)
Final Day Opening Blinds: 15,000-30,000

MCS Review

• Date: December 11 to 16, 2024
• Buy in: PHP 11,000
• Guarantee: PHP 5,000,000
• Entries: 580
• Prize pool: PHP 5,800,000
• ITM: 83 players
• 1st place payout: PHP 1,000,000

When the finalists return, each one is guaranteed PHP 52,500. For the top 16, added to the payouts is a seat to the Metro Summer Event Main Event worth PHP 11,000. This event takes place during the third week of May 2025.

Chip Leaders

At the top of the list is Day 1D chip leader Alvir Inocentes with 1,690,000 (56 bb). Inocentes started Day 2 ranked sixth in chips and maintained course in his bid for a first ever Metro Main Event title. His deepest run at the club was 12th place at the 2019 RVS Cup.

At his heels, is Lloyd Fontillas from the Asian Poker Tour. Though a rare sight at the tables, Fontillas spun up his 23 bb Day 2 stack to second in command entering the final day with 1,445,000 (48 bb). You can expect a crowd railing Fontillas as he attempts to rein in a Main Event title in five years.

Players looking to spoil the glory for the top two are Michael Concepcion, Marvin Cerbito, Rene Mar David, Maxwell Rosete, and not to be discounted are the Karen and Joseph Talamayan, both players below 10 bb.

Final 18 Cash Payouts (PHP)

Trophy hunters and Metro Tourney Top 10 Leaderboard chasers have one final chance at the afternoon Closer Event which kicks off at 3pm. Check out the schedule below. We will have the official MTLB Top 10 at the close of the festival later today.