Team Metro Tournament Highlights

Here are some entertaining highlights from the Team Metro Tournament held last June 14, 2009 at the Metro Card Club Davao...

Poker Tournaments this Weekend

First off, congratulations to my Papa Franz Avelino (joke lang!) for winning the Heads Up Championship for June. He beat October Poker Face Champion and November Heads Up Champion Kirby Te. Franz slew me early in the tournament by checking his two pairs on the flop. I went all in with lower two pairs at the turn. It was the first hand in our first match. Played one hand on my first heads game. LOL!

I would also like to congratulate Team Expats that beat Teams Rugrats and Tilters to become the Team Metro Champions yesterday.

Moving on... I will be joining two very exciting tournaments this weekend.

On Saturday, I will be trying out my skills and my luck at the Red Dragon Poker Room in Tagum City. I have been invited to join their PokerMaster Tournament, and I will be covering the event as well. Looking forward to flexing my poker skills, and slaying some dragons. I heard the style and strategy of the players there are very much different from those here in Davao City, so I'm looking out to be challenged. Many thanks to Tyrone Uy for the invitation!


And on Sunday, I will be back at my homebase, the Metro Card Club Davao for the Poker Face Warm Up Tournament. It's structured like the monthly Poker Face Tournament but cheaper and with a smaller pot. It's a practice of sorts. Plus it's a good way to earn major point for the Metro Poker League (I'm ranked number 28 thus far). Buy-in is P1,000 plus registration of P250. Rebuy and add on are at P500 each. Players start with a stack of 10,000 and the guaranteed pot is P100,000.

It's gonna be another busy, busy but fun weekend! :-)

Shout out to my reader Danny, a poker dealer from London who has been playing with his friends at the MCCD the past few days. He learned about the MCCD through this blog. Hi Danny and James!!! :) Don't be such a fish boy. Hope more of my readers drop by the MCCD. Looking forward to meeting more of you guys. ;)

The Metro Poker League

In order to encourage and develop excellent and consistent tournament play, the Metro Card Club Davao has launched the Metro Poker League (MPL).

MCCD will be awarding points to the top 30% participants of its regular multi-table tournaments starting June 1, 2009 until November 30, 2009. It was launched with a tournament last Sunday in which all participants were awarded 500 points each to kick of their Leader Board standings.

The number of points awarded to players will correspond to the number of entrants in the tournament, the buy-in amount, and your place or ranking in that tournament. The formula is as follows:
Points = 10 x {[sqrt (n)] / [sqrt (k)] x [b/100]}
where:
n = number of entrants
k = place or ranking
b = buy-in amount

At the end of the League season, the top 20 players in the MPL Leader Board will be invited to join the exclusive MPL Free Roll Tournament with a guaranteed pot of P200,000 on December 2009. In addition, the player with the most points in the MPL Leader Board will automatically receive P50,000.

I am not really optimistic I will be in the Top 20 as I don't really invest much in playing in tournaments, but maybe, yes? I placed 13th in last Sunday's launching tournament. ;-)

I think that the really strong contenders for the Top 20 are Poker Face Champions Kirby Te and Maui Abella. Other players who might have a strong showing in the leader board are Tournament Specialist Bong Lu, and veterans like Boy Arizola, JJ Javier, JVA, and Henry Nucum. Also to watch out for are James Young, Kenneth Anzano, and the Almaden brothers.

Among the young players, I think those who are good contenders are Franz Avelino, Jib Garcia, Andrei Martin, Mike Te, and Mark Gempesaw. And the ladies? We're sure to be represented by Rose Newman, Czarina Lim, Lala, and Leah Abella.

So why don't you start climbing the leader board by playing today, and everyday as the MCCD brings you various tournaments DAILY. Accumulate points while supercharging your poker powers by playing with the smartest and most competitive poker players in town.

Note: Sit & Go Tournaments, Special Tournaments, Special Satellite Tournaments, Exclusive or Private Tournaments or Free Rolls, unless otherwise stated or determined, do not count towards the MPL Leader Board.