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Carlo Calingasan

Philippines

Blind level

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Entries

34/224

Total Chips

6,720,000

Average

197,647

Flight A

Noel ZarateNoel Zarate

6/12/2025, 8:18:25 AM

Liu Ousts Matsunaga on River

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Taiwan’s Liu Yu opens from UTG for 2,100 and gets three callers.

The flop comes J♣ T♠ 4♠ as all check to Carlo Calingasan of the Philippines on the D and he leads out for 7,000. Liu raises all-in as Japan’s Hirotaka Matsunaga also shoves his last 15,600. It folds back to Calingasan who tanks a bit before releasing his hole cards into the muck.

Liu turns over K♣ Q♦ for an open-ended straight draw while Matsunaga has A♥ J♥ for top pair-top kicker.

The turn card is the 4♥ but the river card is the 9♠ to complete the Taiwanese player’s straight and knockout the Japanese player.

Player	Hand	Chips
YL Yu LiuTaiwan	UTG	65,700(66 BB)
MH Matsunaga HirotakaJapan	MP	busted
CC Carlo CalingasanPhilippines	D	16,100(16 BB)

Noel ZarateNoel Zarate

6/12/2025, 8:07:57 AM

Table 18 Chip Counts

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
RD Roland Don FerrerPhilippines	112,500(113 BB)	18	2
MH Matsunaga HirotakaJapan	17,700(18 BB)	18	3
RM Rene Mar DavidPhilippines	28,300(28 BB)	18	4
GG Gregg GuyderAustralia	53,500(54 BB)	18	5
CC Carlo CalingasanPhilippines	24,900(25 BB)	18	6
SH Seiha HarukiJapan	115,400(115 BB)	18	7
YL Yu LiuTaiwan	22,800(23 BB)	18	8
SS Shingo SakaiJapan	34,300(34 BB)	18	9