Metro Summer Event 2022 – New player guide
Publish date: April 18, 2022

Hey, poker playas!

Now that the long vacation is off and tournaments are about to begin.

There have been a lot of tournaments that have been announced already and other poker rooms will start making their move. 

It will definitely be a good 

Here is a quick guide for players who want to play the Metro Summer Event and its history.

The Metro Card Club

The Metro Card Club is considered to be the biggest poker room in Metro Manila. before the lockdown, they can easily set up more than 50 tables easily. 

It is located at the Metrowalk and has tons of great restaurants and has an ample parking space for your needs.

For a quick guide. here is a google link.

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Updated tournament schedule

The Metro Summer event

The Metro Summer Event or the MSE was first launched in 2016, Korean player Jae Wook Shin topped the 656 entry field for his first-ever live poker career title.

The following year, the buy-in was slashed to half which produced a field of 1,266 entries.

Due to the pandemic, the Metro summer event was put on hold making this the first MSE after the pandemic.

Side events

There will be no side events for this event as Metro Card Club is still being conservative in its approach and making sure things are safe for poker players.

However, there would be a pre-event that will be held on April 19, 2022

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Metro Summer event – Pre event

Basic details

The main event will feature a PHP 1.5 Million guarantee that will run from April 20 to 25 with the buy-in of Php 5,500 (~US$ 106).

Starting stack: 15,000
Opening blinds: 50 – 100
Day 1 blinds increase: every 30 minutes

Day 1A: Wednesday, April 20 @3pm
Day 1B: Thursday, April 21 @3pm
Day 1C: Friday, April 22 @3pm
Day 1D: Saturday, April 23 @3pm

Registration: closes at the start of Level 10
Bagging time: end of Level 15

Word on the street

The guarantee is already anticipated to be broken. but the main question is how high will it go. Metro Card Club does have a good loyal following and even their daily tournament without guarantees has proven to be great.

Expect more players to play on other days as the last event Metro Card Club had a surge on the last day and more players might pop in on the other starting day.

Other players might also want to qualify earlier.

In the last Metro event (Metro 750k GTD) Lester Edoc entered day 1A and maintain being the chip leader for all Day1. This is due to the fact that Metro always had a stable number of players on Day 1 and less competition. Most pros opted to enter the last day which gave Lester an experienced lead during Day 1A.

Yes, the last day had more chips as more players joined on the last day1. but it does not mean especially in the case of the Metro that you can not be finished with a good stack. 

Lester Edoc was the chip leader for Day1A of the last event and nobody was able to beat his chip lead. 

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Lester Edoc Day 1A chip lead 

This will be a good tournament. So you should definitely come ready.

Stay safe poker playas!

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