Newhouse unable to parlay lucky start at WSOP final table, finishes ninth
But there was a queen in the window on the flop, which put Newhouse in the lead in the hand and back in the tournament.
"I got lucky, but there really wasn't any other way that hand could go," said Newhouse.
The good luck was just a brief pardon, however, as Newhouse busted out of the tournament in ninth place, 31 hands later, when his pocket nines lost to Ryan Riess's ace-king when a king fell on the flop.
"I tried not to have great expectations," Newhouse said of his final table experience. "I just came in to play the best poker I could play."
With Newhouse's short stack (he entered play with less than 20 big blinds), he didn't have many options. He only played five hands and wasn't able to parlay his double up into a deeper run at the final table.

That is not joy on the face of Mark Newhouse. (photo by Vin Narayanan, Casino City)
Newhouse won $733,224, which was paid to him when he made the final table in July.