Yep. I'm not going to go into January just starting. I want to go in comfortable with what I'm doing. January is a great month for me personally, as I have that time for vacation. I need to pack in as much as possible then. I don't have time to learn the SNE ropes at that time, I will need to come in knowing the ropes, as may-june I'll get less volume due to my own personal schedule.

As for practicing for SNE in December, I don't mind doing it as, you know, I love poker. SNE wouldn't be "just" a job for me, it's also something I like doing.

That's the other reason to try to get SNE-ish volume before January - if I try it for a month and I just hate it, then well, I'm not even going to try. No sense doing something you hate. If I feel total burnout after a month, there's no sense in going for a whole year. If I feel like I enjoyed the time, then I'll head into January ready to go for it.

Needbeer i don't mean to ask too personal of a question but, what is the medical condition keeping you from going out very much? If you have posted this before sorry if u have to repeat it, just very curious.

icarus - He is battling cancer....which, of course, makes his volume and mega-tabling abilities all the more impressive and ridiculous.

*blushes*

needbeer > antonius ..obv

Absolutely, I can address all of these in my blog. And if anyone else has something they want to see more of, let me know.

I'm not going through radiation treatments, which would cause hair loss. There are many different forms of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy by definition: Chemotherapy, in its most general sense, is the treatment of disease by chemicals especially by killing micro-organisms or cancerous cells.

SNE wear and tear kicking in. I thought I had KK. Even if I did I would have lost.

PokerStars Game #47318974185: Hold'em No Limit ($5/$10 USD) - 2010/07/26 21:18:14 ET
Table 'Alrami IX' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ZepHendrix ($2241 in chips)
Seat 2: nanonoko ($1083 in chips)
Seat 4: gregy20723 ($2267 in chips)
Seat 5: DerekJC9954 ($1000 in chips)
Seat 6: nutty04 ($560 in chips)
nanonoko: posts small blind $5
gregy20723: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ZepHendrix [8d Kd]
DerekJC9954: folds
nutty04: folds
ZepHendrix: raises $20 to $30
nanonoko: raises $80 to $110
gregy20723: folds
ZepHendrix: raises $125 to $235
nanonoko: raises $848 to $1083 and is all-in
ZepHendrix: calls $848
*** FLOP *** [9s Qc Jh]
*** TURN *** [9s Qc Jh] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [9s Qc Jh 9h] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nanonoko: shows [Qh Qs] (a full house, Queens full of Nines)
ZepHendrix: shows [8d Kd] (a pair of Nines)
nanonoko collected $2174 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2176 | Rake $2
Board [9s Qc Jh 9h 6h]
Seat 1: ZepHendrix (button) showed [8d Kd] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 2: nanonoko (small blind) showed [Qh Qs] and won ($2174) with a full house, Queens full of Nines
Seat 4: gregy20723 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: DerekJC9954 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: nutty04 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

hurry up and delete that post, preserve the meta..

i misclick/misread so often, i'm sure half the regs think i'm tarded

But that wasn't just one misread which I think is understandable. You apparently thought you had KK three different times there which I think is a quite a bit weirder. My misread experience is that I see that my AA is really A4 a millisecond after I raise it...or when the table comes back around to me and I am facing a re-raise.

ive played hand all way to showdown thinkin i had something else pretty funny

getting elite is such a grind

Thought it was as easy as ABC

I LOL'd...

pretty sure he's winning from what i understand (against cancer not online poker)

gogo needbeer, you are one of the two short stackers i actually like

I was always wondering how nanonoko made all his money

I seem to misclick-fold JJ preflop all the time. Anyone else?

By floping top set each time he goes all-in?

Hey Steve.
I was mailing to the .com-support and just received a mail referring to my pokerstars.FR account. The french support has ofc no clue about the questions I asked. Why should a silverstar ever ask about SNE-details..?!

Yes, email routing for players with both .fr and .com accounts is a bit awkward at the moment. If you have questions about SNE details, you can PM me or post the questions in this thread and I'll be happy to answer.

great post

:-)

No, I had KK on another table and when the action came up and nano had 3b my button open (go figure) I never looked back at my cards I was just like "KK, truuuueee". I was on a full 24 6m tables. I didn't even realize it when we were all in. The queen flopped (obviously) and I typed something like "always" because I thoguht I had been two outered. It wasn't till I pulled up the HH and was like "wtf, K8?" Anyways, even if I had KK I would have lost, god Nano run so goot.

There is no bigger box on the entire planet AINEC. Although he's one of the few people who will start tables with me so I like him nonetheless despite the fact that I fall victim to his God-like boxmode on a daily basis.

I hear the luckbox comment about nano a lot and I truly think it's a kind of silly thing to say and is kind of an insult to him and his tremendous talent at the tables.

What? He's obviously very good. I never said he wasn't. Saying he's a luckbox is only an insult if you choose to take it as one.

That being said, he also runs hotter than anyone I've ever seen and I've seen a lot.

Anyone know if

http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/calculator/

is more or less accurate? It claims 40 hrs a week with 14 tables of 1-2 will get you to SNE.

Tried some more 14 tabling and didn't like the results, went back to 8-10 tables and noticed an immediate improvement in my game, but ugh... there's no way I can do 60 hours a week of poker and have a "real job."

SW, the pokerstars calc overestimates VPP/ hand BIG TIME.

Check out fpppro.com for basically any information on SNE. Use the VPP / hand and do some calcs yourself, they are way more accurate than the stars calc.

Okay, thanks for the warning.

Here goes.

According to HEM I get .44 VPP per hand, and it looks like I can expect what... 70 hands per hour per table (just took the average of a casual glance at the tables currently)? That's 30.8 per table per hour. You need 19,230 points per week to get SNE.

Playing 40 hours a week, that means you need about 480/hr, or 15-16 tables@30.8 an hour.

Is something wrong with my maths? It seems pretty close to what the pokerstars calculator told me.

Obviously this assumes going nonstop for 8 hours with no breaks/start up time/etc. which would never happen (for me anyway).

I'll peek over at fpppro and see what they suggest.

The PokerStars VIP Calculator is based on real data from the tables. The current information is from February. I sent over information earlier today from late June to update the calculator with new information.

Actual player experience will vary depending on the number of hands played per hour and game conditions when you play. If you always leave tables when they get down to 7 players, for example, you won't have your fair share of shorthanded play mixed in so you won't have as high of a rate. Players who defend their blind more often, generally play looser, and table select for looser tables also earn higher VPP/hand rates.

The sitewide numbers for 1/2 NL during the last week of june are 0.421967 FPP/hand at full ring and 0.524535 at 6max, but you're better off using your actual number found in HEM.

You won't get this many hands/hour because of the time it takes to ramp up your # of tables and close them down. You can probably get close(ish) if you play really long sessions as the effects of starting/ending are minimized, but I'd recommend you use a more conservative number for your calculations/planning.