I have not posted about these for a month or two and will return to doing so, but for several months I posted about the VIP satellites most weeks in this thread, including the headsup VIP satellite and the 6max SNE satellite.

Most days there are multiple VIP satellites to live events with value added on the tourney -> vip tab.

I have been stuck at 700k vpp for 2 month now. Might start grinding again soon. Won't get to 1.5M this year I don't think.

Might not even get to 1M with 5 month left. Lazy bum ?

Hey Steve,

I just mailed the support asking for two mails I have sent 3 and 5 days ago to the vipstore and the vipclub and havent heard anything from so far.
Now, I received an auto-answer saying my mail will be forwarded to a francophone specialist. The problem is: I'm German.
The only reason I can think of receiving this answer might be that I use the same email-adress for pstars.com and pstars.fr

I wondered it was possible to use the same email-adress at .fr, but need a different screenname. Hope I didn't crush your whole database...


842k VPP.

How many elites so far this year? How many are on pace? THX

On the whole I'm very impressed with the VIP sats compared to last year. Last year too many of the VIP sats were just for elites and only 10 or so players even entered. Better value for more people is a good thing imo.
Looking forward to the NAPT sats.

partially boredom, mostly needing something new. and i did it with out interrupting my SNE chase by learning the terribly wrong way of playing as many tables as possible. if you are thinking about trying some PLO but are worried about slowing the SNE chase you can 6 table and earn 2700 vpps in about 6.5 hours at 200. another way is to play some PLO after you put you main game day in. then any thing you earn is a bonus.


um brag about a bracelet? lol i would prbly not be SNE if i won bracelet.


make VPIP true, if you are still getting crushed in the blinds then adjust your game. you will be surprised how much it adds up.

10, and 150 ish have been on pace all year.

A little backed up right now, I hope to clear up a good bit of the congestion in the vipclub box today. We'll get back to you soon!

Curious if Pokerstars would ever consider it an option for us to transfer some of our funds to sportsbooks.

No, PokerStars is a poker-only operation and does not plan to change this in the forseeable future.

I started a blog on www.FPPPRO.com.

The blog portion of the site just went live and is still in beta testing of sorts, but is already viewable to the public so I thought I'd share if anyone is interested.

thats great needbeer! you write one yet?

is anybody here working towards SNE playing steps? is that even possible?

is that your picture on the beach?

Busto_soon and stevie444 were both supernova elites and played lots of steps.

Good luck needbeer. You're a lot younger than I thought you were but you have a great outlook on life. I hope you manage to achieve all the things in your desktop folder of inspiration.

yep, 3!

yeah, at PCA 2010, the most recent picture of me (and likely the only picture I'll have taken all year) seeing as I don't stray far from the house these days.

thank you sir

What games does needbeer play?

****ing headasplode, like $500k in rakeback?

SNE's are lazy ghetto bums compared to this guy

I'm sure this has all been discussed, but I'm just learning about it.

jeez modeling didn't work out for you or what?

new man-crush

yeah we're all lazy mofos in comparison :-)

he does 1/2 - 25/50 20bb, almost any open table in my experience with him! and more recently he's been doing tourneys too, to play more than 24 tables at once.

sgtjake - have you been doing SNE for a couple of years? i used to play with you a couple of years ago in small/mid FR. hope you're on target this year anyways, cool to see your name in this forum.

- rudder1ess

nice blog needbeer

505k

no kidding, and ahhh coudnt find the blog first time

Great to hear Needbeer. I look forward to reading it. Congratz and ty for finding the time/energy to share with us some insights.

fixed the red eye for you

k done being gay.... for the day

Okay, not sure if this is the right place for this, but I didn't want to start a new thread and it seems too early for a "2011 supernova elite pursuit thread" but I wanted some advice.

Basically, I play a lot of online poker. I have a "real job" too but I probably play about 20-30 hours a week plus 10-12 hours a week at my local casino.

I recently picked up TableNinja to help with multitabling and it's really helped me increase my volume.

I feel like I'm a consistent winner at my game of choice, full ring 1-2NL with 20-50BB buy in, as I have 4BB/100 over 30K hands, and that includes a time when I was running way more tables than I could handle just trying it out (I was breakeven due to suboptimal play for about 10K hands).

So, what I am thinking is trying for SNE in 2011.

Here's my plan.

- Start adding tables with tableninja, one table per week (I currently play 8) will get me to 24 by the end of the year.

- Play enough poker to build a bankroll for higher games (I'm pretty sure I can beat 2/4 20-50, but I don't have the bankroll at the moment)

- Start 2011 cranking out the volume (I have January and February off work so I can get a good start).

- If I am still on schedule in August, quit my job and use the pokerstars supernova bonuses as my regular income (my contracts ends then, I'd simply choose not to renew).

- SNE happens

- life win

Some problems:

- I don't know if I can handle 24 tables. Right now I'm sure I can't but people have suggested that increasing slowly allows you to "get there."

- There usually aren't 24 tables of my preferred game going (just checked, and there are are 16 going). I think I can circumvent this by building a roll now until I can play one level up as well as the current level.

- I normally prefer short sessions (an hour or less). I don't know if I could/should/can do 4+ hour shifts with 24 tables.

- It seems like my table selection would go out the window. Normally I don't sit to the right of a reg with absurd 3-betting action, if I get a huge stack and only the good regs cover me I just leave, etc. but with 24 tables, I don't think I'd have time to be as picky.

- I'd be working and playing poker both "full time" the first part of the year. Ugh.

- My roll isn't where it should be (yet). I have 50 buy ins for 1-2, currently. I presume my bankroll will continue to increase and if I hit supernova this year I'll be able to cash in some of the big bonuses to build it, but, when playing this amount of hands, do you think you need even more bankroll, or not really? I can play aggressively with a bankroll for the first half of the year if necessary since I still have my "real job", but going with my plan, I'd need very conservative BR management after August as the training wheels would be coming off and poker would become my income source.

Basically, given the amount of time I spend playing poker anyway, and the limits I play at, I think that if I can gradually and successfully increase volume of tables at once and just slightly increase my playing time, it's possible for me.

I'm looking for any potential pitfalls/flaws in my plan/etc. etc. now. Basically, I want to spend 2010 getting ready, so I'm confident when I start in 2011.

Thanks for the help, I'd love to hear feedback. Sorry for the potential TLDR.