Mark Newhouse

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Mark Newhouse
Mark Newhouse (2015)
Mark Newhouse (2015)
  Personal information  
Date of birth March 11, 1985
place of birth United StatesUnited States Chapel Hill
Nickname
newhizzlePokerStars & Full Tilt Poker
place of residence United StatesUnited States Las Vegas
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,519,020
Total prize money $ 3,507,576
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 10
Best main event 9. ( 2013 , 2014 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 5
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 1
Last updated: March 29, 2020

Mark Newhouse (born March 11, 1985 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina ) is a professional American poker player .

Personal

Newhouse grew up in Chapel Hill in the US state of North Carolina . After graduating from high school , he began studying at Appalachian State University in Boone , but dropped out due to his poker career.

Poker career

Newhouse plays online under the nickname newhizzle . Since 2006 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments .

Newhouse first won the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas in July 2006 and made it to the final table in a Limit Hold'em tournament . He finished fifth out of 341 players and received around 55,000 US dollars in prize money. Since 2006 , Newhouse has participated in every WSOP main event . In mid-September 2006, Newhouse won the championship event of the Borgata Poker Open as part of the World Poker Tour in Atlantic City for more than $ 1.5 million. In July 2011 , he made it into the money for the first time at the WSOP main event, placing himself in 182nd place for just under $ 50,000. At the main event of the 2013 WSOP , Newhouse reached the final table as one of nine players from originally 6,352 participants , which was played in November 2013. There he was the first player to drop out and received prize money of more than $ 700,000. The following year he made it to the final table of the WSOP main event again. This time, Newhouse prevailed from 6683 players and went to the table with the third most chips, which was played from November 10, 2014. There he finished ninth again after a failed bluff and received $ 730,000 in prize money. Thus Newhouse, as the first player since Dan Harrington in 2003 and 2004 , sat at the final table of the WSOP main event twice in a row and received the award for the "Tournament Performance" at the American Poker Awards in Beverly Hills at the end of February 2015 of the Year 2014 ". Newhouse's last live cash placement to date was in August 2018.

In total, Newhouse has earned more than $ 3.5 million in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Mark Newhouse  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mark Newhouse Bio on cardplayer.com, accessed on April 3, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Mark Newhouse in the World Series of Poker database, accessed April 3, 2016.
  3. ↑ a b c Mark Newhouse in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 3,000 Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 3, 2016.
  5. ↑ 2006 Borgata Poker Open - WPT ($ 9,700 + 300 WPT Championship Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 3, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 3, 2016.
  8. ↑ Ninth again - Mark Newhouse and the WSOP Final Table Curse ( April 3, 2016 memento in the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com November 11, 2014, accessed on April 3, 2016.
  9. ↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 65)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 3, 2016.
  10. ↑ Presentation of the first American Poker Awards ( Memento from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com from March 1, 2015, accessed on April 3, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Newhouse, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES newhizzle (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Chapel Hill , North Carolina , United States