May 2014 Family Feud Tournament

Say good bye to Team DDS and say hello to Team TDS!  They are the May 2014 Champions of the Metro Card Club Davao Family Feud Tournament.  Well, Team TDS used to be Team DDS just with a new name, an even greater fighting spirit, and a new import, 2 time Poker Face champion Edelmar "Buboy" Tamara.  Led by popular cash and tournament player Bong Tan, Team TDS played a solid game from start to finish, managing to enter the semi-finals with four seats.

Team TDS 

The Family Feud Tournament for May started at 4 o'clock in the afternoon with a buy in of Php 2,750 per team. Ten teams comprised of old and new MCCD grinders and patrons competed for the Php 25,000.00 pot. MCCD was also excited to see a new team Raw Russian Samal Citizens, that was there to join the tournament. As always, the tournament was very exciting and tough since it requires team effort to win the pot having this as the tournament structure:

A. SHOOTOUT LEVEL
- Team swap is available anytime and as often as the team desires as long as the player finishes the hand they are in.

B. FINAL LEVEL
- A must swap system every two levels. Each team is required to swap players after every two levels depending on the team or team captain's choice. This is to encourage teams to have all team members play during the finals. It is not compulsory however to require all members to play in the finals. Depending on each of the team's strategy, each team can choose to have two or more swapping team mates to play during the finals.

"Call the whole team" was a lifeline available once every two levels during the finals.


The victory of the team depends on all the team members  Their initial goal is to get as many seats to the finals that will give them bigger chances of winning the pot. Like the previous Family Feud Tournaments, players were tight and were carefully managing their stacks.

Players waiting for the deal

Ben Sagulili of Team Sukarap

Kokay of Team Ryan

Raw Russian Team Member

Buboy Tamara of Team TDS

Daniel of Team Sleeping

The finals started at 7:30 PM having these teams as qualifiers :

1. Efren (Team Sleeping)
2. Boboy T. (TDS)
3. Atoy (Atsup)
4. Kiko (TDS)
5. Ben S (Sukarap)
6. Ian T. (Team Ryan)
7. Ian F. (TDS)
8. Alex B. (Team Sleeping)
9. Henry N. (MBA)
10. Daniel (Team Sleeping)
11. Tata C (Atsup)
12. Kokai (Team Ryan)
13. Georg (Raw Russian)
14. Kevin Tan (TDS)

Final Table 1

Final Table 2

This time, the two final tables were surrounded with co-team members who gave their full support to their teams. The Final Tables were dominated by Team TDS with 4 seats, Team Sleeping led by Beni with 3 seats, Team Ryan and Team Atsup both got 2 seats. MBA and Team Raw Russians only got one seat each at the final table.

The last three players at the Final Table were from the 3 strongest teams during the shootout level played by Daniel of Team Sleeping, Ian F. of Team TDS and Ms. Kokay from Team Ryan.

Daniel left the table earlier leaving Team TDS and Team Ryan for the Final Heads Up.

Chip Leader Kokay of Team Ryan

Daniel of Team Sleeping

Ian F of Team TDS and Daniel of Team Sleeping

Team Ryan vs Team TDS


Everybody was cheering for Team Ryan because it was the first time in this year's Family Feud Tournament that a woman is playing the heads up in the Final Table. All eyes were on the Final Table when chip leader Kokay Hernando of Team Ryan bullied Ian of Team TDS who went all in with her pockets of 4s versus Ian's Pocket Jacks. The board showed 9, 8,8,2 and another 8 making Ian the new chip leader having a full house of 8s and Jacks. With blinds at 8,000/16,000. Kokay went all-in again (A,K offsuit) who challenged Ian with Pocket of 8. The flop came 9, 10, 3, turn went 2 of spades and  river, 7 of diamonds. Team TDS got a Pair on Board leading to their second time Family Feud Championship!

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Announcing The Family Feud Tournament This February: Bigger, Bolder,Better!

The Metro Card Club Davao announces its second Family Feud Tournament this February! The Family Feud Event last January 19, 2014 gained overwhelming results. The MCCD event that was supposed to be a one-time event can't say no to the numerous enthusiasts who were asking for more. And now, its back with a vengeance!

The new and improved Family Feud Tournament will be happening on February 16, 2014. Its bigger, bolder and better! More than 20 teams are expected to participate in the said event. Every team  of five members are required to have a team uniform for group pictorials and they should submit the following one week before the tournament proper:

1. 45-second sound clip that will serve as their soundtrack and
2. 2-minute video clip that will serve as introduction for each family member.

The tournament will start at 3PM so the teams as requested to be at The Metro Card Club Davao at least  30 minutes before starting for pictorials.

The second Family Feud Tournament with a buy in of Php 2,750.00, will be the most spectacular and much awaited tournament where teamwork is a big deal.

It will be participated by teams composed of known MCCD grinders and patrons ready to take home the pot. 

Six Max Poker Teams led by Alden "Iceman" Almaden, DDS headed by Mr. Bong Tan, Team Atchup, Team Abapo, JackAss, River Lovers are just few of the teams expected to take the challenge.

To make it more exciting and heart-pounding experience for every team, an enhanced system was created.

Here is the enhanced "Family Feud" system for February 16, 2014 (METRO CARD CLUB DAVAO) based on what was discussed by Head Floor Manager Yson Lim, Tata Almaden, and Mr. Rebel "The King" Magdagasang:

A. Shootout levels

- Swap team option is available anytime. You can swap as many times as you want with any of your team mates, as long as you finish the current hand you are involved in as well as your team mate.

B. Finals levels

- A must swap system every two levels. Each team is required to swap players after every two levels depending on the team or team captain's choice. This is to encourage teams to have all team members play during the finals. It is not compulsory however to require all members to play in the finals. Depending on each of the team's strategy, each team can choose to have two or more swapping team mates to play during the finals.

Lifeline: Call the whole team

- This lifeline is allowed once every two levels during the finals only.

- Team decision shall not be limited to one action only but to the decision of that particular hand. It means that when your team mate is in a hand and calls for the team to make a decision, regardless if he calls for the team during pre-flop, or flop, or turn, or river, the whole team shall decide for that particular hand up to the action on the river.

- Team decision shall be discussed discreetly to maintain professionalism. Only the actual player involved in the hand is authorized to announce the team's decision.

We are inviting everyone to join this most exciting post Valentine event of the year here at the best deal in town, Metro Card Club Davao!

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