Hey, Poker Playas!
We are now on the final day of the Metro Card Club 0 Christmas Special. It was a great week.
The Main event is about to end and only 8 players remain. They will duke it out at 3 PM to become the champion of the Main Event.
There is also a side event which is the Big Bounty scheduled at 3 PM.
It Definitely will be a fun day at the Metro Card Club.
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
Emmanuel Segismundo
Champion – PHP 902,062 + 233,000
PPT 2023 Seat
Jeorge “Egoy” Lagatuz
1st Runner up
PHP 723,176
PPT 2023 Seat
ICM DEAL – top 3
PHP 233,000 remained in the pot for the champion
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
Alexis Lim
3rd place – 588,762 + MSE Seat
Marciel “Bart” Cerbito
4th place – 300,000 + MSE Seat
The GODZILLA blast Bart
Cerbito King Queen Off VS Segismundo Ace 10
Cerbito Shoves with KQ off pre-flop only to be called by Godzilla. Segismundo is ahead preflop.
Flop 5 6 7 rainbows which do help Bart as he needed to hit a king or a queen to win.
Turn was a six, River was a 3
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
Czardy Earldale Rivera
5th place – 225,000 + MSE Seat
Christopher Mateo
6th place – 180,000 + MSE Seat
Czardy Bows out at 5th
Czardy Rivera Jack 8 off vs Alexis Lim 56 Off
on a board of 5 7 9 Rainbow, Czardy Jams with J8 which was called by Alexis Lim.
Alexis is ahead as he has hit the 5, But Czardy is the double belly. a 6 or a 10 will give Czardy a strait.
However, the turn was a 3 which was no bearing for both but the river was a 4 giving Alexis a straight.
Czardy Bows down at 5th place.
Czardy Doubles up Alexis
Czardy Rivera Pocket 7 vs Alexis Lim Pocket 8
Alexis Lim, who is under the gun shoves with Pocket 7 which was called by Czardy on the small blind.
Pocket 8 held.
The Bigtime exits at 6th
Jeorge Lagatuz Pocket Jacks VS Chris Mateo AQ
After getting hit when Czardy pocket King held against Mateo flush draw on a Flop shove. The BIGTIME remaining chips were taken by Egoy.
Egoy raised UTG with Pocket Jacks only to be met by a shove by the BIGTIME.
As everyone folds, action return to Egoy and he calls. Both hands were revealed.
The Flop gave the BIGTIME an Advantage as both ace and queen came out, (The flop A Q 5)
However, the turn pop out one of the two remaining jacks and gave Egoy the set against the top two pairs.
The river was an 8 which was no Help to BIGTIME thus ending his run.
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
Nicolas Dray
7th place – 150,000 + MSE Seat
Czar Ian Marcos
8th place – 120,000 + MSE Seat
Cerbito Triples up, Dray Exits, Alexis got hit
Cerbito K 10 Suited Clubs VS Pocket Jack VS Alexis Lim 4 5 Diamonds
On the button and already short stack decided to shove, Dray on the small blind went all-in as well, Alexis Lim on the Big blind and realized both were short stack tanks and calls.
The flop came out 4 of clubs, 7 of Diamond, 9 of spade.
Alexis now has a hit, Cerbito now has a flush draw, but Dray still leads with his overpair.
But the turn was a 3 of clubs giving Cerbito a flush.
River Came out 9 of hearts.
Cerbito take down the pot and Dray exits at 7th
Czar Ian Marcos Exits at 8
Czar Ian Marcos Pocket 10 vs Alexis Lim AK
Ian Marcos shoves with pocket 10 which got called by Alexis Lim Ace King.
Earlier Ian got hit by Emman which put him on one of the short stacks. The flop was relatively safe for Ian Marcos but the turn came out King, giving Alexis a higher pair.
The river did not help Ian, he gracefully exits at number 8
Egoy Doubles up
Jeorge Lagatuz Pocket 5 VS Czardy Rivera pocket ace
Jeorge Lagatuz just hit a needed double-up. Egoy shoved with pocket 5 pre-flop and was called by Czardy with the pocket ace.
The 5 came out on the flop giving Egoy a set that held against Czardy Pocket aces.
The Godzilla quads get Paid
Emman with Ace 10 VS Czar Ian Marcos
Raising Preflop, Emman got called by Ian Marcos. The flop came out 10-10-9, and Emman fired another Bet and Ian Calls. The turn came out a 10 and Emman bets again. The river came out 2,
Emman fired another bet and was called again. revealing Ace-10.
Alexis Lim (Metro Team Pro) Doubles up
Alexis Lim AK suited Heart VS Bigtime double j
In an All-in Preflop action. Alexis Lim AK went up against Christ Mateo pocket jack. FLop came out 10-8-10 which was safe for the Bigtime, But the King came out on the turn. The river was 3 giving Alexis the needed Double up.
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
Shuffle up and deal
Final table battle begins
There is a rollback to the blinds. the blinds now are at 30,000/60,000. Regular Ante is implemented which is 10,000.
the Average stack is 2,100,000
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
Final 8
Seat 1 – Nicolas Dray
Seat 2 – Alexis Lim – Metro Team Pro
Seat 3 – Emmanuel Segismundo
seat 4 – Jeorge Lagatuz – ActionPH
seat 5 – Chris Mateo
seat 6 – Czar Ian Marcos
seat 7 – Czardy Rivera – Metro Team Pro
Seat 8 – Marcial Cerbito
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
Christopher “BIGTIME” Mateo
Chip leader – Final 8
Chips – 4,880,000
Chris “Bigtime” Mateo is on the final table!
The BIGTIME is the biggest problem for any player who wishes to become the champion.
The guy can risk it all with 72 and make you believe he has a weak hand when he has aces.
If Emman is Godzilla then The BIGTIME is the KONG.
Chris on the final table is like Kong Standing on top of the building. Better bring your A-game because It will be war!
Emmanuel Segismundo
Chips – 2,430,000
AKA the Godzilla
Godzilla has arrived.
The past few days he was slowly swimming his way to the final table. playing low-key but making his way slowly but Surely.
Destroying opponents that get in his way,
He was silent, his goal was to reach the final table. Only choosing to destroy those that get in his way.
But now on the final table, He is set to rampage and destroy everything in its path to be crowned the champion.
Czar Ian Marcos
Chips – 2,350,000
Suffering from a stroke, he has changed his lifestyle to be more healthy. This year he has run deep and final table in the few selected tournament he played.
We even predicted he will win an event this year due to his record and has done so.
But the year has not ended, could he bad another one before the year’s end?
Now more focus and determined, can he bag another event this year?
Stay tuned!
Jeorge “Egoy”Lagatuz
Chips – 2,210,000
ACTION PH
APPL Kick-off Champion
APT RWM mystery bounty Champion
Now under the banner of Action PH, will the extra support help him?
He has won two good events this year and is hungry for a third. Will he be crowned the champion?
Marcial Cerbito
Chips – 1,700,000
The homegrown Manila boy who has played a lot of the local events. He even went after the RVS 2022 player of the series.
He has the experience and he has the chips. But will it be enough? stay tuned!
CzarDy Earldale Rivera
Chips – 1,500,000
Metro Team PRO
Another Team Pro and part of the Rivera brothers. He is also an APT Champion.
He has the skills and proficiency to bag this event.
Most of the people who faced have him at the table wished to avoid him. Like a silent assassin, he can easily kill you when you least expect it.
Definitely the crowd favorite.
Alexis Lim
Chips – 900,000
Metro Team PRO
Will the home team advantage help the Metro Team Pro?
The past few big events were one by Metro Pros, Vamerdino Magsakay won the RVS Cup, APC champions this year includes Lester Edoc, William Ysmael, and the undisputed Mike Takayama. Jason Magbanua also won the Metro Walk to a Million but that was before he turned Metro Pro.
Short stack but with the rollback and home turf advantage, could it be enough to bag this event?
Nicolas Dray
Chips – 840,000
The lone foreigner in the tournament, so far he has played a solid game. Tight and aggressive as if he has it, he has no qualms to shove.
Will he be the one to bring it home?
Metro Christmas Special – Main Event – the FInal 8
