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Metro Card Club Veteran Neil Arce is The APT Day 1 Chip Leader
Metro Card Club Veteran Neil Arce is The APT Day 1 Chip Leader
The Asian Poker Tour, kicked of it’s first day (Day 1A) yesterday with 8 tables of the best players all over world. Several of our very own Metro veterans Kent del Rosario, Derek Hernandez, Triccia David, Wally Sombero, and Neil Arce, to name a few, all came to represent the Philippines in this prestigious event.
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DoylesRoom Opens Doors to American Poker Players
Just two week ago, Doylesroom announced that something was brewing and that they were working on something really special. Finally, the poker site has formally announced that it has moved to the Cake Poker Network and as a result, American players can start playing in the highly popular online poker site again.
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Australian Brings Home 2009 Aussie Millions Main Event Trophy
Talk about national pride. Australian Stewart Scott battled a tough field of 679 players consisting of poker professionals, Internet qualifiers and WSOP bracelet holders to come out on top of the 2009 Aussie Millions main event. For his outstanding effort on home soil, Stewart brings home a staggering AUD$2 million in prize money.
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The Metro Kicks Off 2009 With The Biggest Tournament Ever!
The Metro Kicks Off 2009 With The Biggest Tournament Ever!
The Metro Card Club will be starting the year right by hosting what will be the biggest and best tournament our that the local poker scene has ever seen. TEN MILLION PESOS, uaranteed! No gimmicks, no fine print to decipher, just a real guarantee as only The Metro can.
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Michael Binger Takes Down $3,250 Pot Limit Omaha Event at Aussie Millions
Event # 12 of the 2009 Aussie Millions was festive as 42 of the toughest poker players in the world forked over the $3,250 buy-in to join the Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys tournament. A staggering 87 rebuys pumped up the pot as poker professionals strategized in an attempt to grab the championship ring. In the end, Michael Binger beat back online phenom Josh “JJProdigy” Field to win the top prize of AUD $123,840.
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The Evolution of The Metro Brand
One of the most recognizable images for any local poker player today is the logo of The Metro Card Club. To most, it signifies integrity and reliability when it comes to poker tournaments and cash games. When the Metro Logo is on a tournament poster, players know for a fact that it is guaranteed to be a good poker tournament. You can see it on jackets and shirts, and people wear the metro logo patch in major tournaments all over.
A Little Bit of History
The Metro finally has a blog! What’s a better way to get up-to-date information about our favorite card room? Regular updates, strategy discussions, news and rumors (!), and even random rants and raves will be found here. There is just too much going on in The Metro Card Club that people should know all about it!
Judge in Pennsylvania Deems that Poker is a Skill Game
Here’s one victory for us poker folks who are forced to tangle with so many legal issues just to enjoy the sport we love. In a decision handed by one very smart judge from Eastern Pennsylvania, poker has now been officially declared (at least in his courtroom) as NOT a game of luck. Instead, he goes on to state that poker is a game of skill—something we’ve been harping about since time immemorial.
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David Steicke Wins 2009 Aussie Millions NLHE High Rollers Event
With a staggering AUD $100,000 buy-in, Event # 8 at the 2009 Aussie Millions attracted the who’s who of the poker world. A total of 23 players entered the event, including luminaries such as Phil Ivey, Tony G, John Juanda, JC Tran, Chris Ferguson, Erik Seidel, Patrik Antonius and Gus Hansen. In the end, it was Hong Kong commodities trader David Steicke who came out on top of a very tough field to win the $1.2 million top prize.
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