1. Jason Scott 'JCarver' Somerville was born on April 15,1987 and is an American poker player specializing in Texas Hold'em.
24 Facts About Jason Somerville
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Jason Somerville has one World Series of Poker bracelet and 3.9 million in live tournament results.
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Jason Somerville has been a contributor to the PokerVT training team as an advanced instructor in poker tournaments and a "Ones to Watch" for the World Poker Tour XI Season.
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Jason Somerville has played at the World Series of Poker every year since turning 21, as well as many other tournaments around the world, gaining increasing success and notoriety with each year.
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In 2013, Jason Somerville signed as a sponsored Pro with Ultimate Poker, the official gaming partner of the UFC.
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In 2008, Jason Somerville joined the PokerVT training team as an instructor in the advanced poker tournament arena.
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On February 27,2015, Jason Somerville was announced as a Team Pokerstars Pro.
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Jason Somerville has over 250 online tournament "in the money" finishes, totaling over $2.2 million in online tournament winnings.
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Jason Somerville was mostly absent from online tournament poker until 2013 when Ultimate Poker brought legalized and regulated online poker back to America, having chosen not to relocate out of the country.
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Jason Somerville played on Ultimate Poker until it was shut down in 2014 because the Nevada-based site's revenues fell far short of projected expectations.
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In September 2012, Jason Somerville cashed in six WCOOP events, including two final tables, for $31,453.
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In 2008, Jason Somerville played his first World Series of Poker schedule, cashing in three No Limit Hold'em events for $16,027.
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In 2011, Jason Somerville won his first bracelet in a $1,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em event, defeating a field of 3,175 players, and cashed in one other No-Limit Hold'em event that year for $525,274.
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Jason Somerville began his online video career creating strategy videos for PokerVT in 2011.
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Jason Somerville posted his first YouTube series titled "Eating Cake" to YouTube on December 2,2011.
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Jason Somerville chronicled the experience in a six-episode documentary series titled "The Final Table".
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Since August 2013, Somerville has periodically released videos for a series titled "STORYTIME: Life and Times of J Carver" in which he tells the story of how his career in poker began and has progressed throughout the years.
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The series currently sits at six parts, although Jason Somerville has expressed interest in creating more videos for the series in the future.
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Jason Somerville was signed to Team PokerStars and began Season 3 of his Twitch stream on March 1,2015.
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Jason Somerville took a break from streaming on Twitch starting May 21,2017, causing his followers to question if and when he would return to that venue, but he returned in August 2018.
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Jason Somerville was born and raised in Long Island, New York.
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On Valentine's Day of 2012, Jason Somerville came out as gay in a blog post.
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Jason Somerville is the first, and currently the only, openly gay high-stakes male player.
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Jason Somerville has found great support both from within the poker community and from media outlets outside of the world of poker, including Perez Hilton and The Advocate.