In January 1998, he participated as an amateur player at the qualification for the 1998 World Snooker Championship and retired there in the first round against Ali Carter. By a 6–0 victory against Hitesh Naran in the final of the Africa / Middle East Tour qualifier Somauroo qualified for the main tour 1998–99 snooker season. In March 1999, he qualified at the China International for the first time for the round of the last 96, in which he defeated Paul Wykes 4: 5. In the 1999 World Cup, however, he was already eliminated in qualifying. At the end of the season, he reached the 117th place his best finish in the world rankings. In the 1999–2000 snooker season, he only took part in the qualification for the 2000 World Snooker Championship, in which he lost in the second round against Richy McDonald, and in a tournament of the UK Tour in which he reached the knockout stages. At the end of the season he came on the 137th world ranking list and thus fell out of the Main Tour.