Christopher Pasion Rings In MCS Day 2 As 85 Players Return

The 2025 Metro Christmas Special Main Event numbers are in and just like the previous years, they were festive indeed! After five entry flights, the field swelled to 592 entries, driving the prize pool to a sweeter ₱5,920,000. The final push came yesterday as Flight D packed in 174 entries while Flight E followed closely with another 170, to seal the biggest turnouts of the series.

Leading the way into Day 2 are Christopher Pasion (pictured above) and John Dela Cruz, both players locking up the top two overall stacks. Emmanuel Segismundo (pictured below), the first-ever Metro Christmas Special champion, also found success, bagging up a healthy stack, good for 14th place overall.

A total of 85 players will be returning to the Metro Card Club for today’s Day 2 heat which begins at 1Pm. Everyone has already locked up a min-cash of ₱20,000, but of course all eyes are firmly fixed on the seven figure ₱1,019,700 top prize, certain to be an early Christmas celebration for one lucky player.

Day 2 Players

The 2025 Metro Christmas Special is the Metro Card Club’s season-ender series and is the last chance for players to bring home a Metro title. The goal for Day 2 is to play down to the Final 18 players or 15 levels maximum, whichever is first reached. Cards start flying at 1pm with blinds at 2,000-5,000 ante 5,000 increasing every 40 minutes.

The 2025 MCS also serves as the last window for players to boost their Metro Player of the Year points. Players need only to secure a top 10 spot in the POY leaderboard to have a chance at competing at the TLB Final Table showdown where the season’s title will be decided.

Last year provided the perfect reminder of how wide open that door can be, as Lemmor Patulot entered the TLB FT showdown in ninth position before going on to claim the inaugural Metro POY crown — along with a one-year contract as a Metro Team Pro.

As of December 10, Marlon Laxamana (pictured above) sits atop this year’s standings and remains firmly in the hunt after advancing to Day 2 of the Main Event. If he holds, he will win this year’s Metro VIP title.  Scroll down for the current standings.

Flight D Survivors

Flight E Survivors

Metro Christmas Special – Numbers and Structure

• Buy-in: ₱11,000
• Guarantee: ₱5,000,000
• Entries: 592
• Prize pool: ₱5,920,000
• ITM: 85 players

Flight Results and Update

• Day 1A: 109 entries / 16 advanced to ITM
  Blinds: 3000-6000 ante 6000
• Day 1B: 50 entries / 7 advanced to ITM
  Blinds: 2000-5000 ante 5000
• Day 1C: 89 entries / 13 advanced to ITM
  Blinds: 3000-6000 ante 6000
• Day 1D: 174 entries / 25 advanced to ITM
• Blinds: 4000-8000 ante 8000
• Day 1E: 170 entries / 24 advanced to ITM
  Blinds: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
• Day 2: 85 players return
  Blinds: 2500-5000 ante 5000
• Final Day: Monday, December 15, 2025

Metro VIP and POY Title Standings

2025 MCS Schedule

For players that missed the mark at the main, there’s still a couple of chances to claim a year-end trophy. Today’s Survivor Knockout features a 200K guarantee and tomorrow’s The Closer features a 300K guarantee.