Ring Event - 6: $580 No-Limit Hold'em

Local grinder takes home $12,070 for his win in $580 No-Limit Hold’em.

Las Vegas, NV. (August 28, 2016) — Dale Beaudoin is beginning to run out of room on his hand for all of the Circuit rings he’s won over the years.

Beaudoin won his third career WSOP Circuit ring and $12,071 on Sunday night after besting a field of 71 players in the $580 no-limit hold’em.

“It feels nice [to win a third],” said Beaudoin after his win. “Especially since I don’t try too hard at these.”

Beaudoin clarified that he spends more of his time playing both cash and tournaments locally in Las Vegas and California, rather than traveling all over in search of tournament scores. He may not travel a ton for tournament poker, he still finds fulfillment in claiming a win and taking home the hardware.

“I like having the trophy at the end,” said the 29-year-old poker pro. “Obviously, there are so many people that come out to try and win a ring that maybe wouldn’t if there was no ring. And definitely the [Global Casino] Championship is huge too. Once you get that ring, you want to get in the $10K freeroll and take a shot at half a million or whatever. I think the rings validate things for sure.

The former bartender moved out to Vegas to take up poker full-time and has had plenty of success doing it. Along with his three rings, he’s got almost $400,000 in career tournament winnings and is a successful cash-game player as well.

Even with all of his success in live tournaments, sometimes the variance causes him to have extended breaks where he will stick only with cash games.

“I’ll go through periods where I play a bunch and then get sick of them,” said Beaudoin. “If you brick like five or ten of them in a row, you’re kind of like “OK, I’m over tournaments,’ and then you kind of get back to them again.

Beaudoin hasn’t had an easy path to either of his recent wins. When he won his second ring last March at the Bicycle Casino, Beaudoin had to go through four-time ring winner Scott Stewart heads-up.

This time, he had to go through Bracelet winner Ryan Welch. Welch had direct position on Beaudoin for the entirety of the final table, but Beaudoin found a way to accumulate chips throughout final table. Beaudoin held the chip lead when the two squared off in their heads-up match.  

Beaudoin used that chip lead to his advantage and finished off Welch in about 15 minutes. Welch took home $7,468 for his runner-up finish.

Along with the prize money and the third ring, Beaudoin took the inside track to the Casino Champion title. He earned 50 points for his win and is tied with Hayden Aalvik, who won the $365 no-limit hold’em re-entry, atop the leaderboard. The early win and top spot on the leaderboard may change Beaudoin’s future plans for the rest of the series.

“Now that I won this one, maybe I’ll continue with this stop and see if I can win the stop or whatever,” said Beaudoin.

The top eight players will take home a payday in the $580 no-limit hold'em event. The eight spot will earn $1,418, but the winner will take home $12,071 and a Circuit ring.

Here's a look at the payouts:

The players in the $580 no-limit hold'em are back from their first break and there are 58 entries in the field thus far. Cody Pack, Ben Palmer, Vincent Moscati, and David Jackson are among those who are taking their shot at a ring in this event.

Level 5 is currently underway and blinds are 100/200 with a 25 ante. Lat registration and re-entry is still open for another couple hours.

Here is a look at the structure for the rest of the day (Note: Dinner break will take place after level 12):