Official 2009 Supernova Elite pursuit thread

[ChicagoJoey]

jorj gl beating me to 1st person to supernova elite

[K.O.S.]

I'm tempted to try it, but it just doesn't seem like great value. You kill yourself for the equivalent of $114,000, but that includes the value of travel for the EPT Monte Carlo package and the value of the tournament buy-ins, which are like $25,000. I know you could just sell 99% of yourself to get cash, but it seems dumb to reward cash players with $25K in tournaments...just give us the cash imo. Also, the $114,000 figure accounts for using all of your FPPs for stuff via concierge, but what if you aren't planning on spending it and just want to save the money? Wouldn't you lose even more value since you're not ordering anything?

What's the value of getting, say, halfway to SNE and quitting? You get each of the bonuses ($2,000+$3,000+$4,000+$5,000), and you get the value of the FPPs (which I'm unsure of due to the level multipliers), so that's like $30,000?

[zachvac]

If you'd be killing yourself don't do it. If you think without sne existing you'd play close to that amount, then do it. At least that's how I approached it. I'm going to play full-time next year which means playing enough to make sne. If Stars didn't have a VIP program I'd probably game select across sites but still play similar number of hands.

[Vedast]

Originally Posted by MicroBob

Update: I have 0 VPP's in 2009 so far.

Me too, so we are in pace. ^^

Originally Posted by LearnedfromTV

I will make sne in 2009 without playing a single sit and go

:-o I'll will play some, mainly Steps and maybe other things if there's some kind of VPP related promo.

Originally Posted by Body Man D

being married with 2 kids

That doesn't sound really well.

Originally Posted by Scottsdale Douche

1. SCOOP step 6s
2.WSOP double vpp month for steps

1. I don't think so, the Main Event entry is $1575.
2. That would be really nice, reaching SNE would be much easier if they did that again.

Originally Posted by ntnBO

As one who is contemplating busting my butt playing low-stakes limit to achieve SNE, this is an interesting dilemma. I could certainly 24-table 2000-2200 hours this year to do so, but how does one improve their game during the process? For me it is difficult to improve playing so many hands per hour.

Suggestions?

BO

Play less, 2000-2200 hours is insane.

Originally Posted by LotsOfOuts69

Odds I make SNE playing only 50 NL FR?? Not good.

With fractional VPPs? I got a shot.

Good luck!

Originally Posted by Kos13

Also, the $114,000 figure accounts for using all of your FPPs for stuff via concierge, but what if you aren't planning on spending it and just want to save the money?

Buy $4000 bonuses.

Originally Posted by zachvac

If you'd be killing yourself don't do it. If you think without sne existing you'd play close to that amount, then do it. At least that's how I approached it. I'm going to play full-time next year which means playing enough to make sne. If Stars didn't have a VIP program I'd probably game select across sites but still play similar number of hands.

Good advice.

[Hurley]

Good luck to all trying.
To all the 100nl and 200nl players going for it, do you not feel you could make more by playing less tables and trying to really improve your game. Move up to 400nl, 600nl or 1000nl and make more money than SNE playing way fewer hands.

[twoblacknines]

Originally Posted by Kos13

What's the value of getting, say, halfway to SNE and quitting?

~38k

8 tabling 1/2nl 6 max for 24.5 hours a week will get you there. Not a bad salary for people who can't megatable, or want to play less tables to improve.

[GT30]

Originally Posted by Hurley

Good luck to all trying.
To all the 100nl and 200nl players going for it, do you not feel you could make more by playing less tables and trying to really improve your game. Move up to 400nl, 600nl or 1000nl and make more money than SNE playing way fewer hands.

this was certainly true for me. i could have made just as much money by playing 2/3 the hours i did this year and i wouldn't have put my body through such rigor. I'm sure rays champs is in a similar situation.

i'm not sure how different it would have been if i didn't procrastinate though

[ForumUser]

how much time did you take off gt?

[GT30]

didn't really take time off just avged 50k vpps for 8 months then avged 150k/ month for last 4 months including 200k this month

i was a moderate but steady winner first 8 months, a moderate but steady loser for sept, oct, & nov, .... and an insane playing above my head degen lunatic this month

[rothko]

mb, since you don't have the thread starter curse this year, will you be going for sne?

[Boku87]

No idea if I can make it but I will make a test run and try to play 1400 Sngs before going to the PCA... If I am not totally worn out I will likely go for SNE

[pattay]

i really just hope i don't lose my elite status before it gets taken away in 6 months

[furbean]

Going for 2M in 2009.
I will spend the next 2 days studying poker and get started right on new year~!

[Jefftrez]

Huge congratulations to all the SNEs in 2008!

I am probably the only donkey going for SNE in 2009 via $1/$2 FR LHE 23-24 tabling. I have no doubt I can do it without disintegrating bankrollwise, it's just about putting the time in. I figure if I do 3250 VPPs/day when I play I will build in some buffer for days off basically playing 6 out of 7 days a week for the whole year. I made SN in June of 2008.

The 2008 SNE thread has given me a lot of motivation so I thank you guys for that. Time to steel the resolve and begin the quest at midnight tonight.

Good luck to everyone also going for SNE in 2009!

[chezlaw]

Originally Posted by furbean

Going for 2M in 2009.
I will spend the next 2 days studying poker and get started right on new year~!

If you can get 2 days studying in what's left of this year then 2M next year should be trivial.