Career
He beat a field of 6,352 and 6,683 respectively, outlasting 13,017 people in the process and is the first player to make back-to-back final tables in the Main Event since Dan Harrington in 2003 and 2004. Newhouse was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and was a rebellious teenager. He dropped out of Appalachian State University his second year to pursue poker.
He dropped out of school and began playing poker full-time.
He lost his winnings within a year and claims to have had poor bankroll management going broke several more times. In 2013, Newhouse made the WSOP Main Event final table moving all in pre-flop holding 9♠ 9♣ against Ryan Riess"s A♠ K♥.
The board came K♦ 10♣ 7♠ 7♣ 6♦ eliminating Newhouse in 9th earning him $733,224. In 2014, he was again eliminated in 9th holding 10♣ 10♥ against Will Tonking"s Q♣ Q♦ after moving all-in on the river with the board showing 2♦ 4♣ J♥ 4♥ J♣.
He earned $730,725 for his finish.
As of 2014, his total live tournament winnings exceed $3,500,000, over $1,600,000 of his total winnings have come from cashes at the WSOP.
