Metro Walk To A Million ₱7M Festival Begins Today With BluffMasters

The country’s most iconic poker room, Metro Card Club, is once again lighting up the Philippine poker calendar with its annual Metro Walk To A Million (MWAM) festival. Now entering its fifth edition, the upcoming games runs from June 25 to July 7, 2025, and with it is a boosted ₱7,000,000 (~USD 85,800) festival prize pool, headlined by the fan-favorite ₱5 Million Main Event. 

With more than two weeks of nonstop poker action ahead, the Metro is bracing for another packed house. The past two editions shattered attendance records and this year aims for even higher. Browsing the schedule, a total of 12 trophy events are on offer of which five are backed by substantial prize pools.

MWAM Key Events

• MWAM Main Event: ₱5,500 buy-in | ₱5 Million guaranteed
• BluffMasters Main Event: ₱3,800 buy-in | ₱1.5 Million guaranteed
• Survivor Knockout: ₱2,000 buy-in | ₱100,000 guaranteed
• NLH: ₱2,200 buy-in | ₱200,000 guaranteed
• The Closer: ₱3,200 buy-in | ₱200,000 guaranteed

BluffMasters Opens MWAM Games

The excitement begins today, June 25, with the BluffMasters Main Event on deck. This is a new event offering plenty of value with buy-in at just ₱3,800 (~USD 65) and a prize pool guarantee of ₱1.5 Million (~USD 25,700).

BluffMasters Main Event Structure

•  Buy-in: ₱3,800 (₱3,500 + ₱300 entry fee)
• Guarantee: ₱1,500,000
• Day 1A – June 25, 2025 Wednesday 2pm
• Day 1B – June 26, 2025 Thursday 2pm
• Day 1C– June 27, 2025 Friday 2pm
• Day 1D – June 28, 2025 Saturday 1pm
• Day 1E– June 28, 2025 Saturday 7pm (turbo)
• Day 2 – June 29, 2025 Sunday 1pm
• Final Day – June 30, 2025 Monday 2pm

• Starting Chips: 25,000
• Multiple Re Entry 
• Blind Level Duration: 30 minutes (20 minutes on Turbo edition) 

 Notes: 

1. All Day 1 flights will start with 9-handed tables.  If necessary, tables may be played 10-handed temporarily and will return to 9-handed as soon as possible or after the end of registration period.
2. Registration and re-entry are allowed before level 11 starts.  Multiple re-entries allowed.
3. Day 1 will play down to ITM (14% of the field).
4. Players who qualify for Day 2 are guaranteed a minimum payout and may still enter other Day 1 flights.  Best stack Forward.
5. Ante will be posted by the Big Blind; Big blind first.
6. Day 1A, 1B, 1C, and 1D – 30 minutes per level. Day 1E – 20 minutes per level.  Day 2 and Final Day – 40 minutes per level.      
7. Day 2 will play 16 levels or down to 2 tables whichever comes first.
8. Seat Re-draws and Timebanks occur at 27 players (3 tables), 18 players (2 tables) and Final Table (9 players).  Each player will receive 4 timebanks (30 seconds each at the start of 3 tables plus 1 additional timebank after every break.
9. There will be a 30 Big Blind ratio to average stack roll back on the Final Table and will post regular ante.
10. Once a deal has been made between players, levels will be reduced to 20 minutes.  
11. Players must bring their MCC membership card for registration, Day 2, Final Day and upon claiming their prize.
12. 3% staff charge and 1% TLB fund will be deducted from the Main Event Prize pool.
13. Tournament Director’s decision is final.

**Management reserves the right to cancel guarantee due Force Majeure: Earthquake, Flooding or Typhoon 

MWAM Main Event

Following the conclusion of BluffMasters, the spotlights shifts to the ₱5 Million MWAM Main Event. This is a six-day affair beginning Wednesday, July 2, and running through July 7, 2025. Buy-in remains the same as last year, ₱5,500 (~USD 94).

Looking  back, the past winners of the annual MWAM were Mark Amparo, Jason Kyle Magbanua, and Oliver John Tapel. In 2024, Jamie Zaragoza shipped the ₱1,230,000 (~$20,970) top prize, becoming the first millionaire in this event’s history. That edition also raised the bar with a prize pool of ₱6,695,000 (~$114,150).

Metro Walk To A Million Main Event Structure

Why Play The Metro Walk To A Million

Over the years, the Metro Walk To A Million has firmly established itself as a major mid-year event at the Metro Card Club. What began with a ₱1.5 Million guarantee increased to ₱2 Million in 2022, to ₱3 Million in 2023, and then to ₱5 Million in 2024. Each year, the event blew past its guarantee, soaring to nearly ₱6.7 Million in 2024.

It’s no surprise that the event continues to draw massive fields, after all, who wouldn’t want to take a shot at turning a small buy-in into a seven figure payday as Jamie Zaragoza (pictured above) did last year?

Let the games begin!

Metro Walk To A Million – Schedule