nice shirt.. parang rollercoaster ride dude haha.

Isn't that exactly like a big poker tournament?

hehe.

Care to share any info regarding the structures? Like how fast do the blinds go up and how long per round?

Sounds like a great tourney for a great place though. You guys seem to be doing everything right so far. Congratulations!

Wala ba akong t-shirt??

I was the first metro champion ah!!!!! i want my shirtttttt

whats the prize pay out? hope to play with you poker fanatics.. see you there

How much is the membership in metro card club?

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9pm start? mukhang magdamagan ang laro ah.. that is kung madami sumali..

ok i dont have the exact structure, but i believe the blinds start at 20 mins in the first levels then move to 30 minutes in the later levels.

blinds are slow, like 50/100,75/150, 100/200, etc.

75K pot guaranteed, Payouts will depend on how many players join. say we get 30 players, then 5 places will be paid. it's by percentage, but usually it's about 40% to first place, and so on.

The Metro card club doesn't have a membership fee at this point. just come play and register!

yeah magdamagan talaga, if you get deep enough. These things usually last for 4 or 5 hours, but if you last that long, it only means you probably made it in the money, and that pot is worth the time and effort i guess.

people stay up all night playing 4-5 hrs only to win 1k or 2k hehe.

at least, if you win this, youre looking at a 30K payday. then you can be absent from work the next day and not worry about it LOL

The blind structure w/o ante at METRO is something like this:
SMALL BIG ANTE MINUTES
1 100 100 0 20
2 100 200 0 20
3 200 400 0 20
4 300 600 0 20
5 400 800 0 20
6 600 1,200 0 20
7 800 1,600 0 20
8 1,000 2,000 0 20
9 1,500 3,000 0 20
10 2,000 4,000 0 20
11 3,000 6,000 0 20
12 4,000 8,000 0 20
13 6,000 12,000 0 20
14 8,000 16,000 0 20
15 10,000 20,000 0 20
16 15,000 30,000 0 20
17 20,000 40,000 0 20
RATING according to POKER TOURNAMENT FORMULA (by Arnold Snyder):
Time to play for World's Most Patient Player is 2.62 hours.
Patience Factor is 6.88.
Skill Level is 4.

The blind structure with ante at METRO is something like this:
SMALL BIG ANTE MINUTES
1 100 100 0 20
2 100 200 0 20
3 200 400 0 20
4 300 600 0 20
5 400 800 100 20
6 600 1,200 100 20
7 800 1,600 200 20
8 1,000 2,000 200 20
9 1,500 3,000 300 20
10 2,000 4,000 500 20
11 3,000 6,000 800 20
12 4,000 8,000 1,000 20
13 6,000 12,000 1,500 20
14 8,000 16,000 2,000 20
15 10,000 20,000 2,500 20
16 15,000 30,000 3,000 20
17 20,000 40,000 5,000 20
RATING according to POKER TOURNAMENT FORMULA (by Arnold Snyder):
Time to play for World's Most Patient Player is 2.23 hours.
Patience Factor is 4.96. Skill Level is 3.

The Poker Tournament Formula
By Arnold Snyder (Cardoza Pub., 2006. 375 pages)

POKER TOURNAMENT STRATEGY AND THE PATIENCE FACTOR
http://www.pokertournamentformula.com/online_poker_tournament_strategy_patience_factor.htm

POKER TOURNAMENT STRATEGY AND SKILL LEVELS
http://www.pokertournamentformula.com/poker_tournament_strategy_skill_level.htm

hi del!

did you play the tournament?

the final table was full of the best local players around.

The guy who won it was also one of the best local rounders in the country.

the game lasted more than 4 hours too.

but dont worry, we are revising the structure for today's game, making the it deeper.

cool link.

I remember you did play hehe.

guys check out that link del provided. it is very informative and will help everybody's tournament strategy.

nice find del!

Yup I did play and was busted out by a well respected player more popularly known as GAMEFROG, my last 12K all-in aj vs his ak in position. The formula is just a way to rate tournaments and adjust playing style accordingly. Even the luckfest tournies and freerolls at ACF are regularly won by better players like idol and gamefrog too.

The revised blind structure at 20 mins each level of METRO 75(k) is something like this:
LEVEL SMALL BIG ANTE
1 50 100
2 100 200
3 150 300
4 200 400
5 300 600
6 400 800
7 500 1000 100
8 600 1200 100
9 800 1600 200
10 1000 2000 200
11 1200 2400 300
12 1500 3000 400
13 2000 4000 500
14 2500 5000 600
15 3000 6000 600
16 3500 7000 800
17 4000 8000 1000
18 4500 9000 1000
19 5000 10000 1000
20 6000 12000 1000
21 8000 16000 1500
22 10000 20000 2500
23 12000 24000 3000
24 15000 30000 4000
25 20000 40000 5000
26 25000 50000 6000
27 30000 60000 7000
28 35000 70000 8000
29 40000 80000 10000
30 50000 100000 12000
RATING according to POKER TOURNAMENT FORMULA (by Arnold Snyder):
Time to play for World's Most Patient Player is 2.75 hours.
Patience Factor is 7.56.
Skill Level is 5.