Paul Newey

Paul Newey
Paul Newey (2017)
Personal information
Date of birth	September 6, 1968
place of birth	United Kingdom Dorset
Nickname	topdoll827PokerStars
place of residence	United Kingdom Tamworth
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	$ 1,418,667
Total prize money	$ 5,363,280
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	5
Best main event	726th ( 2016 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	1
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	3
Main Event of the PokerStars Championship
title	no
Cashes	1
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: January 16, 2020

Paul Anthony Newey (born September 6, 1968 in Dorset ) is a British entrepreneur and poker player from England .

Personal

In 1991, Newey was one of the co-founders of Ocean Finance after previously being laid off by a financial services firm . The company was founded with around £ 2500 and offers consolidation of smaller debts into one loan. In November 2006 he sold the company for around £ 200 million to a subsidiary of the American International Group , one of the world's largest primary insurance groups. Newey lives in Tamworth .

Poker career

Newey mainly plays cash game with high limits. He plays online under the nickname topdoll827 . Newey has been participating in prestigious live tournaments since 2012 .

Newey played the Big One for One Drop in 2012 , 2014 and 2016 , a poker tournament with a buy-in of one million US dollars and euros . In 2014, he made the leap to the final table at this event, which was held as part of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas , and finished seventh, worth more than 1.4 million dollars Space. In December 2014, Newey came second in the Super High Roller of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Prague and received prize money of almost 560,000 euros. At the end of April 2016, he finished the EPT Super High Roller in Monte-Carlo in fifth place, which was paid for around 485,000 euros. In November 2016, Newey reached the final table at two events of the Asia Championship of Poker in Macau and secured prize money equivalent to over 860,000 US dollars. At the beginning of September 2019 he won the third event of the British Poker Open in London with a bonus of over 150,000 pounds and thus his first live tournament ever.

In total, Newey earned almost $ 5.5 million playing poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Commons : Paul Newey - Collection of Images

Paul Newey in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
Paul Newey in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
Paul Newey in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Paul Anthony Newey at companieshouse.gov.uk, accessed March 13, 2019.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Paul Newey in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 13, 2019.
↑ Made it by 40 on telegraph.co.uk December 13, 2006, accessed March 13, 2019.
↑ Paul Newey on Diving Straight into the Poker World, Improving, and More on pokernews.com, January 8, 2014, accessed March 13, 2019.
↑ topdoll827 on Pokerstars on highstakesdb.com, accessed on March 13, 2019 (English).
↑ 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - The Big One for One Drop (Event # 57)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.
↑ EPT - 11 - EUREKA - 4 - Prague (€ 48,500 + 1,500 # 12 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.
↑ EPT - 12 - FPS - 6 - Grand Final (€ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller # 16) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.
↑ 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) (HK $ 480,000 + 20,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.
↑ 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) (HK $ 240,000 + 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 14)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.
↑ 2019 British Poker Open (BPO) (£ 10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - BPO Event # 3) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 5, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Newey, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Newey, Paul Anthony (full name); topdoll827 (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British entrepreneur and poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	September 6, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dorset , England , UK

[1] Paul Anthony Newey at companieshouse.gov.uk, accessed March 13, 2019.

[hendonmob-2] Paul Newey in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 13, 2019.

[3] Made it by 40 on telegraph.co.uk December 13, 2006, accessed March 13, 2019.

[4] Paul Newey on Diving Straight into the Poker World, Improving, and More on pokernews.com, January 8, 2014, accessed March 13, 2019.

[5] topdoll827 on Pokerstars on highstakesdb.com, accessed on March 13, 2019 (English).

[6] 45th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2014 ($ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - The Big One for One Drop (Event # 57)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.

[7] EPT - 11 - EUREKA - 4 - Prague (€ 48,500 + 1,500 # 12 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.

[8] EPT - 12 - FPS - 6 - Grand Final (€ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller # 16) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.

[9] 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) (HK $ 480,000 + 20,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.

[10] 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) (HK $ 240,000 + 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 14)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 13, 2019.

[11] 2019 British Poker Open (BPO) (£ 10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - BPO Event # 3) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed September 5, 2019.