Eric Baldwin has had an interesting past couple of hours. During our past dinner break it appears Faraz Jaka and Baldwin had a little competition outside with a soccer shoot out. He recently tweeted this.
basebaldy Eric Baldwin Having a soccer shoot out against @FarazJaka on dinner break for a @bluffmagazine video. Neither of us have played since youth. #iceplease
July 10 2012
We don't know how it turned out for sure, but it appears it may have gone in Faraz's favor.
basebaldy Eric Baldwin Rediscovered why in not @soccerbaldy. Gg @FarazJaka. Guy had more heart than Rudy Rudiger on defense.
July 10 2012
Although he might not be crushing it on the pitch he sure is doing well for himself on the felt. We recently caught up to him playing a hand and here is what happened. After the table folded around to him, a player in middle position raised. Action then founds its way to Baldwin in the cutoff and he three-bet to 5,600. The rest of the table folded and it was back to the initial raiser, who four-bet to 11,500. Baldwin went into the tank for a good minute or so and then placed out a stack of orange chips that would put his opponent all in. Baldwin's opponent said "nice hand" and folded his cards.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000
48,000
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48,000 |
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, his opponent held 
. The board ran out 
giving Greenstein the straight and the knock-out blow.
prompting both players to check. The 
on the turn saw a repeat of actions with two more pats of the felt for passes. The 
on the river though saw the early positioned player bet out 3,600. Pham begrudgingly made the call, and was shown 
for two pair aces and nines. Pham couldn't beat it and he deposited his cards in the muck.
, and Devo filled us in on the rest of the details via Twitter:
. Williams picked up some chop outs as a nine would give both players the same straight, while the 
left him in need of either a nine or king. The dealer burned one last time and put out the 
, putting an end to Williams' 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event.
