Jason Somerville: WSOP Bracelet Winner and Poker Streaming Pioneer
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Jason Somerville built a poker career that extends well beyond tournament results. The American professional won a World Series of Poker bracelet, later added a WSOP Circuit ring and became one of poker’s most recognizable early livestreaming personalities through his Run It Up brand.
As of September 16, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Somerville with $3,886,374 in live tournament earnings and a career-best live cash of $1,327,352. The World Series of Poker lists him with one WSOP bracelet and one Circuit ring.
His influence also reaches into poker media and education. Somerville was an early adopter of livestreamed online poker, combining real-time play with commentary and strategy discussion at a time when Twitch was still emerging as a platform for poker content.
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Who Is Jason Somerville?
Jason Somerville is an American poker professional associated with Miller Place, New York. Hendon Mob lists his nationality as United States and his residence as Miller Place.
Somerville developed his game during the online-poker boom. PokerNews reports that he became interested in poker in 2004 after watching the World Poker Tour with his father and later built his online career under the screen name “JCarver.”
His earliest Hendon Mob live tournament result dates to 2005. By the late 2000s, he was producing significant results both online and at major live tournaments.
Somerville also became involved with poker training and content creation. His connection to Daniel Negreanu included work with the PokerVT training platform during the earlier part of his career.
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Jason Somerville's Rise in Live Tournament Poker
Somerville began establishing himself at the World Series of Poker before winning a bracelet.
At the 2009 WSOP, he finished runner-up in a $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout for $194,004. Later that series, he placed fifth in a $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Triple Chance event for $103,591.
His 2010 WSOP produced two more major finishes. Somerville reached the final stages of the $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship and also finished fourth in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em Six-Handed event.
The six-handed result paid $386,125, giving Somerville one of the largest live tournament scores of his career before his eventual bracelet victory.
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Jason Somerville's 2011 WSOP Bracelet
Somerville broke through at the 2011 World Series of Poker.
He won Event #20, a $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament, defeating a field of 3,175 entries to collect $493,091 and his first WSOP gold bracelet.
The victory came after several close calls at previous WSOP final tables. The official WSOP report highlighted the progression of Somerville's finishes in major events, which had included second-, third-, fourth- and fifth-place results before he finally earned a bracelet.
The 3,175-entry field was also significant at the time. WSOP identified the event as the largest live $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament with a single starting day in series history to that point.
No-Limit Hold'em has accounted for many of Somerville's most important tournament results. Readers newer to the game can review the Angry Aces Poker guide to Texas Hold'em rules and gameplay for an explanation of community cards, betting rounds and how a Hold'em hand works.
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Somerville's Career-Best $1.3 Million Tournament Score
Somerville's bracelet victory is one of his defining accomplishments, but it is not his largest recorded live cash.
In June 2014, he finished fourth in a $100,000 Super High Roller in Las Vegas. Hendon Mob lists the result at $1,327,352, which remains his largest recorded live tournament score as of September 2026.
That performance pushed his live earnings significantly higher and demonstrated that his tournament success was not limited to large-field, lower-buy-in events.
Somerville has also recorded notable World Poker Tour results. The WPT lists five Main Tour cashes totaling $343,230, including a sixth-place finish in the 2012 WPT L.A. Poker Classic for $202,910.
He has not won a WPT Main Tour title.
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How Many WSOP Bracelets Does Jason Somerville Have?
Jason Somerville has one World Series of Poker bracelet.
He earned it in the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event #20 at the 2011 WSOP, where he defeated 3,175 entries for $493,091.
The WSOP player page’s All Brands view currently lists Somerville with:
One WSOP bracelet
One WSOP Circuit ring
15 final tables in that view
86 cashes in that view
More than $2.4 million in earnings in that All Brands view
These are figures displayed on the WSOP player page with All Brands selected. They have a different database scope from Hendon Mob's recorded live tournament earnings total.
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Jason Somerville's WSOP Circuit Ring
Somerville added a WSOP Circuit ring to his résumé in January 2023.
He won a $215 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max online Circuit event on WSOP.com for $17,901. Hendon Mob records the victory as Online Ring Event #7 of that series.
The win came more than a decade after Somerville captured his WSOP bracelet and gave him championship jewelry in both the bracelet and Circuit formats.
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Run It Up and Somerville's Influence on Poker Streaming
Tournament results tell only part of Somerville's story.
His Run It Up project became one of the most recognizable poker-content brands of the Twitch era. Somerville streamed online poker while explaining decisions, discussing strategy and interacting directly with viewers.
That approach helped demonstrate how poker could work as live digital entertainment rather than only as a televised tournament product.
PokerNews described Somerville during the early growth of poker on Twitch as a leading figure in efforts to turn livestreamed poker into a spectator experience. His broadcasts combined entertainment with strategy discussion, making the viewing experience accessible to players who wanted to understand the reasoning behind decisions at the table.
Run It Up eventually expanded beyond online streams. The brand developed live poker events, including Run It Up Reno, and experimented with interactive poker programming.
In 2019, PokerStars coverage of the Run It Up Live Home Game described Somerville and his team working on new ways to make livestreamed poker more interactive and engaging.
That work forms an important part of Somerville's significance within poker. While many professionals are primarily known for tournament titles or cash-game results, Somerville helped connect competitive poker, livestreaming, community interaction and poker education.
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Jason Somerville's Playing Style
Somerville's tournament résumé has been built primarily around No-Limit Hold'em, although his results also include Pot-Limit Omaha and other formats.
The official WSOP report covering his 2011 bracelet victory described him as having developed a small-ball strategic approach. More broadly, his online background and years of streaming established a reputation for analytical tournament play and the ability to explain decisions while playing.
His career also reflects experience across different tournament structures. Major results include large-field No-Limit Hold'em events, heads-up competition, six-handed tournaments, high rollers and online events.
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Jason Somerville's Live Tournament Earnings
As of September 16, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Jason Somerville with $3,886,374 in live tournament earnings.
His largest recorded live cashes include the $1,327,352 Super High Roller finish in 2014 and his $493,091 WSOP bracelet victory in 2011.
Career tournament totals can change when a player records additional results or when poker databases update historical records, so earnings figures should be treated as a current snapshot rather than a permanent total.
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Is Jason Somerville Still Playing Poker?
Somerville has continued to record tournament results well after the period when his streaming work first made him widely known.
He cashed in the 2023 WSOP Main Event, finishing 288th for $44,700, and later cashed in the 2023 WPT World Championship.
At the 2024 WSOP, he finished 566th in the $10,000 Main Event for $32,500 and added other recorded cashes.
Hendon Mob's latest listed live result for Somerville as of September 16, 2026, is from July 10, 2025, when he finished 95th in the WSOP $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Handed event for $3,426. He also recorded cashes in several other 2025 WSOP events.
There is therefore no basis to describe Somerville as retired. His recent tournament volume has been lower than during some earlier stages of his career, but his documented results show tournament participation extending through 2025.
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Why Jason Somerville Matters in Poker
Somerville occupies an unusual place in modern poker because his career combines major tournament accomplishments with influence on how the game is presented to an online audience.
Winning a WSOP bracelet established his competitive credentials. His $1.3 million high-roller score demonstrated success against expensive, high-level tournament fields. His later Circuit ring added another title more than a decade after his bracelet victory.
Run It Up broadened that résumé.
Somerville was part of the generation that showed poker players could build direct relationships with audiences through livestreaming. Real-time commentary gave viewers access to the decision-making process in a way traditional edited poker broadcasts rarely could.
That combination of tournament success, instruction, entertainment and community building makes Somerville's career relevant both to poker history and to the development of modern poker media.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many WSOP bracelets does Jason Somerville have?
Jason Somerville has one WSOP bracelet. He won the $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event #20 at the 2011 World Series of Poker for $493,091.
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How many WSOP Circuit rings does Jason Somerville have?
Jason Somerville has one WSOP Circuit ring. He won an online $215 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Max Circuit event in January 2023 for $17,901.
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How much has Jason Somerville won in live poker tournaments?
As of September 16, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Jason Somerville with $3,886,374 in live tournament earnings.
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What is Jason Somerville's biggest live poker cash?
Hendon Mob lists Somerville's largest live cash as $1,327,352 for finishing fourth in a $100,000 Super High Roller in Las Vegas in June 2014.
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Did Jason Somerville win a WPT title?
No. The World Poker Tour lists Somerville with five Main Tour cashes and one final-table appearance but no WPT Main Tour victories.
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What is Jason Somerville's poker screen name?
Somerville became widely known online as “JCarver.”
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What is Run It Up?
Run It Up is the poker content and community brand founded by Jason Somerville. It became known for livestreamed poker programming and later expanded into live poker events and other interactive content.
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Is Jason Somerville still playing poker?
Somerville has continued recording tournament results in recent years. Hendon Mob lists multiple 2025 WSOP cashes, with his latest listed live result occurring in July 2025. No reliable source reviewed for this profile identifies him as retired.
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