Jason Somerville and Ultimate Poker Parting Ways?

In recent weeks, a few sponsored professional poker players have been cut from different poker rooms. Shortly after the online poker giant, PokerStars, parted ways with Latin American players Humberto Brenes, Angel Guillen and Jose “Nacho” Barbero, the same thing happened toJoe Cada, Marcel Luske and Alex Kravchenko.

Reasons for cuts are of different natures; some decisions were made through mutual agreement between the parties, while at the same time some of the pros were not fully satisfied with the terms and conditions of their contracts anymore. There are also examples where certain pros simply wanted to focus on their family and business in their countries, which happened with Humberto Brennes.

Closely following the news that William Reynolds, Jeremy Ausmus, Phil Collins and Brent Hanks had been cut from Ultimate Poker’s “Team U”, rumors began circulating that the latest to part ways with Ultimate Poker is popular Jason Somerville, host of the well liked ‘Run it UP’ show.

Jason Somerville (born April 15, 1987) is an American professional poker player, known for his ‘Run it UP’ show. He has won one World Series of Poker bracelet, and also has fourteen other World Series of Poker “in the money” finishes together with two European Poker Tour “in the money” finishes. His total live tournament earnings are $3,475,455.

His ‘Run it UP’ show is in fact a video/live stream series where viewers are encouraged to watch, listen and learn as he turns $50 into $10,000. Apart from the challenge, Jason has also been known to bring on some of the well recognized faces in the industry, making the whole thing even more enjoyable.

Somerville’s web series of ‘Run It Up’ were exclusive and very popular at Ultimate Poker. In recent days, however, every episode that was produced in new Season 2 of his show has been re-uploaded to Somerville’s own YouTube channel with the latest episodes being released on Somerville’s channel, without an Ultimate Poker duplicate which doesn’t seem too encouraging. Although Somerville himself has neither confirmed nor denied the rumors, he has been hinting at it during some of the most recent episodes of ‘Run it UP’.

Ultimate Poker, the first online poker site to enter the regulated US market, had eight professional poker players and now, if these rumors are confirmed, there will be only three of them. Ultimate Poker Pros still employed - Big One for One Drop winner Antonio Esfandiari, Danielle ‘DmoonGirl’ Andersen and Dan O’Brien.