WPT Season X Ones To Watch: Jason Somerville

Poker pro Jason Somerville is one of the most widely respected and well-liked players on the World Poker Tour circuit and, with more than $2.5 million in career tournament earnings and two Top 10 WPT finishes to his name already, already considered to be a success in the poker world. However, we feel like Jason…

Matt Clark

Jun 24, 2013

Poker pro Jason Somerville is one of the most widely respected and well-liked players on the World Poker Tour circuit and, with more than $2.5 million in career tournament earnings and two Top 10 WPT finishes to his name already, already considered to be a success in the poker world. However, we feel like Jason has even bigger things up his sleeve for this year.

In the above video clip from this Sunday’s WPT Bay 101 – Part 1 episode (8pm or 11pm local time on FSN), Jason talks about mentoring other players, being mentored and coming out to the poker community and how it’s changed his life.

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