Time to get going...

I am starting this blog to chronicle my chase of SuperNova Elite (SNE) on PokerStars (PS). SNE is the top VIP level usually achieved by about 200 of the 40,000,000 real money players on PS. To get SNE, you need to reach 1,000,000 VPP's by December 31. Thanks to hockey, I currently have 90,000 points which puts me about 90,000 behind schedule. However, now that hockey is done I have an opportunity to catch-up before the season starts again in mid-November.

To give some idea of how difficult SNE is, last year as a full-time, professional player I managed to get to 200,000 VPPS or only 20% of the way there. I tried for SNE once before in 2009 and was crushed by the workload a couple months in. I am hoping that failure will help me this time around. Better planning, clearer expectations and this blog to subject me to public humiliation if I fail again will hopefully get the job done.

To make things even more exciting, PS just eliminated the game I have been playing for the last year. I have been forced to take up a new form of no-limit hold em called "cap" (hence the clever name of the blog). It has been a tough learning curve so far but I hope to be profitable at it sooner than later.