Jason Somerville

Name
Jason Somerville
Country
United States
City
Miller Place, NY
Total Winnings
$2,527,084
Global Poker Index
Place: 177th (177th)Points: 1353.75

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Biography

Jason Somerville is an American professional poker player from Miller Place, New York. In 2011 Somerville won the World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event taking home almost half a million dollars along with the prestigious trophy. Somerville has another four WSOP final table finishes as well as two World Poker Tour Championship event chases.

Intro

Somerville was born in 1987 in Long Island, New York. He started playing poker at the age of 17 after watching a World Poker Tour event on TV. He became interested in the game and soon started playing poker online as well as in home games with his friends. A year later Somerville cashed in his first official live tournament, the $200 No-Limit Hold'em event at the Annual East Coast Poker Championships in Verona. In 2008, Somerville became a poker coach at the online poker training site PokerVT.

World Series of Poker

Somerville attended his first World Series in 2008 cashing in three No-Limit Hold'em events for a total of $16,000 in winnings. Then one year later he came back to Vegas for a much better performance. Again Somerville collected three money finishes, only this time he made two final tables. At first he finished runner-up in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Shootout event for almost $200,000 and then finished in fifth place in the $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Triple Chance tournament for another $100,000 in prize money.

In 2010 Somerville added four more WSOP money finishes to his record, two of which came from finishing fourth in two different events, the $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Heads-Up Championship, and the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed. Somerville took home a total of $640,000 in winnings that summer. He cashed only twice the next year, however, one of the two also came with his first bracelet. Somerville took down the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for almost $500,000 in prize money and the shiny trophy. In 2012 he collected only one money finish, however, it was a decent one as Somerville took home just over $100,000 for the 69th place finish in the $10,000 Main Event.

Jason Somerville's Top 5 WSOP Results

YearEventPlacePrize
2011$1,000 No-Limit Hold'em1st$493,091
2009$1,500 No-Limit Hold'em / Shootout2nd$194,004
2010$10,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Heads-Up Championship4th$219,969
2010$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed4th$386,125
2009$3,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Triple Chance5th$103,591

World Poker Tour

Somerville has two World Poker Tour money finishes on his record. His first cash came in 2009 when he placed 17th in the $15,000 Championship Event at the Bellagio Cup V for $30,990. His second cash came three years later when Somerville final tabled the L.A. Poker Classic's $10,000 Championship event. He finished the tournament in sixth place for $202,910.

European Poker Tour

In 2009 Somerville scored two European Poker Tour cashes. He first finished 19th at the €10,000 EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo collecting €52,000 and then traveled to London where he placed 73rd in the £5,000 Main Event for £9,200.

Other Achievements

In 2007 Somerville finished runner-up in the Heartland Poker Tour, Verona $1,000 Championship Event collecting $30,702 in cash. Then in 2010 he final tabled the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Somerville placed fourth in that tournament taking home $81,480 in cash. Then two years later he won $400,000 for finishing third in a $25,300 One Drop Mega Satellite at the 2012 World Series.

Did you know?

  • Somerville started his online poker career by playing freerolls and had never deposited money on an online poker site.
  • Jason Somerville is the only openly gay high-stakes poker player. He announced it in a blog post on Valentine’s Day in 2012 and received a lot of support from the poker community and the media.

Covered Events

Event Place Prize Date
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 61: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
69th $106,056 July 16 2012
2012 World Series of Poker
$25,300 One Drop Mega Satellite
3rd $400,000 June 30 2012
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
51st $7,643 June 13 2012
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Mixed-Max
35th $10,984 June 04 2012
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #20: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em
1st $493,091 June 14 2011
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship
14th $32,183 June 05 2011
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed
4th $386,125 July 02 2010
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
3rd $214,289 June 20 2010
2009 PokerStars.com EPT London
£5,000 EPT London Main Event
73rd £9,200 October 07 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 52 - $3,000 Triple Chance No Limit Hold'em
5th $103,591 July 01 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
2nd $194,004 June 13 2009
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 15 - $5,000 No Limit Hold'em
45th $14,192 June 09 2009
2009 PokerStars.com EPT Grand Final
€10,000 EPT Grand Final Main Event
19th €52,000 May 03 2009
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 39 - $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
150th $3,527 June 23 2008
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 29 - $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
61st $6,126 June 17 2008
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 7 - $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
64th $6,374 June 06 2008

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