‘Mad Men’ And ‘Mom’ Actress Beth Hall Earns World Series of Poker Circuit Ring

You may acknowledge Beth Hall from her roles on well-liked and critically acclaimed tv exhibits like Mad Men and Mom. If you frequent Los Angeles poker rooms, nonetheless, you may as a substitute acknowledge her because the participant taking your chips.

Hall, whose different credit embrace Parks And Rec, Frasier, House, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, has recorded 35 stay event cashes through the years, with most of them going down within the better LA space.

Her first profession win was secured this week in the course of the 2023 World Series of Poker Circuit pageant on the Parkwest Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens. She defeated a discipline of 166 entries in a $400 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion to pocket the highest prize of $13,885 together with a gold ring.

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— Beth Hall (@bethhall) March 14, 2023

This was the second-largest stay rating but for Hall, who has event cashes courting again to 2007. Her greatest payday got here when she completed 14th from a discipline of 9,807 entries within the $350 buy-in Socal Poker Championships for $24,000. Hall now has greater than $84,000 in profession cashes to her title.

Hall picked up poker in her youth, however has actually gotten the event bug lately. Card Player caught up along with her in 2016 to debate her background within the recreation and extra.

“I started playing poker as a kid with my relatives, mostly draw poker and seven card stud,” Hall stated. “I played with my aunts and her friends. We would have what was called a $2 schneid, which meant you couldn’t lose more than $2 (laughs). Once you were out of your $2, you could play for free until you got more money.”

Hall was the one feminine participant in her school house recreation and has said in interviews that she is not any stranger to 24-hour classes on the poker desk.

“Like everyone else, I got into the hold’em buzz when you could see the hole cards on TV and really understand it. My husband and I started playing $2 limit and built our way up to no-limit, and eventually got into tournaments.”

Click right here for the complete interview.

Below is a have a look at the payouts and Card Player Player of the Year factors awarded on the remaining desk from Hall’s latest win: