Discover Metro Card Club: Premier Poker in the Philippines

The Metro Card Club is the biggest poker room in the Philippines with a 800 sqm facility, 30 poker tables, a bar and a billiards area. Located at the heart of the Metropolis and open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the room is full of players any time of the night or day.

Metro Card Club has been operating since 2007 and can be considered one of the pioneers in the industry. It boasts being the very first brick & mortar poker room in the country. Catering more to the local poker community, the room fondly called “The Metro” is famous for its value for money, low buy-in tournaments and its micro limit cash game tables. They also hold the claim of being home to the Filipino Poker Tour, which help boost the popularity of the game at its early stages in the country.

Most of the current professional poker players now seen at international circuits started their careers at The Metro. And the club continues to endeavor molding and training future poker players with its weekly tournaments and major tournament season.

Review by: Gabrielle Ruiz-Barredo

Cash Games:

The games run 24/7 with a minimum of 3 tables open and with mostly locals playing. NL Php10/20, which can have up to 8 tables running, is the main game. One to three tables of other game limits are also running. PLO games tend to start towards the afternoon and may not always be available.

No Limit Holdem:

PhP10/20 (Rake 10% – cap PhP200) – Min./Max. Buy-in PhP 200 – PhP 2000
PhP 20/40 (Rake 10% – cap to be confirmed) – Min./Max. Buy-in PhP 400 – PhP 4000
PhP 25/50 (Rake 10% – cap cap to be confirmed) – Min./Max. Buy-in PhP 1000 – PhP 5000
PhP 50/100 (Rake 10% – cap PhP400) – Min./Max. Buy-in PhP 2,000 – PhP 25,000

Pot Limit Omaha:

PhP 100/200 (Rake 10% – cap PhP400) – Min./Max. Buy-in PhP 20,000 – PhP 100,000

Tournaments:

Monday: PhP 50K guaranteed
Tuesday: PhP 75K guaranteed
Wednesday: PhP 100K guaranteed
Thursday: PhP 150K guaranteed
Weekend Special: From PhP 400K guaranteed to PhP 800K guaranteed

*Buy ins range from PhP 750 to PhP 3,000, depending on the tournament.