SUPERNOVA ELITE! I done it!

BIGMICKG

Just letting every1 know as alot of people have been asking me about it over the past few weeks that i finally after 364 days, over 20,000 sngs and over $200,000!! paid in rake became the 1st irish supernova elite on pokerstars! wuhoo! so chuffed! biggest achievement of my poker carer to date. roll on monte carlo and wsop.. :cool:

BigCityBanker

well done Mick

thechamp87

fair play, well done.

Moneymaker

grats man, well deserved.

just learn how to play real poker now.

Conbro

Nice one Mick wd

aya14

Nice one man. Will you be putting in the same effort next year?

nicnicnic

sicko, congrats

phantom_lord

sicko, wd

smoothcall

Seriously fair play, takes some ammount of dedicaction to achieve that. congrats and see you in Galway..

BigCityBanker

actually Mick, tell us more about it, lots of talk about it on 2+2 and w/e and alot of us have known for a few months that you were bursting your bollix to get it but tell us more.

how much rake?
how many games?
breakdown of games?
roi?
which games were most profitable?
benefits of SNE and how are you going to utilise them?
stars support and customer service (relationship management) of its SNE players?

thanks, ur truly the sickest of us all.

Flipz4Rollz

What do you get for being a supernova elite?

sickpuppy

Well done some effort .

zuroph

fair play mick, amazing achievment.
I think a fresh well is in order, if u were up for it!

Well done Mick, this is a truly huge achievement. Sick doesn't cover it. No wonder you've stopped playing live as much!

Mr.Plough

wd sick grinding

Flushdraw

Great stuff Mick, wp and good luck with the benefits

FuttBucker

wp gg

strewelpeter

Well done.

What do you need to do to maintain it?

Conbro

BigMick G for the well I think

Moneymaker

Conbro wrote: »

BigMick G for the well I think

same thought just crossed my mind.

Tight Ted

Wow! Well done! Get in the well!

L1m1tless

That is some commitment fair play. u did it!!

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

well done mick you sicko

pgodkin

WP sir:)

thats like 60 sng a day:eek: i think they have to come up with a new fraze for you sicko doesnt cover it:D

whats your roi and benefits for hittin this bouns? anyone got a link to what is involved in a clearing this bouns? is it just sng or can u play cash games aswell?

ITT-Pat

well done mick

pgodkin wrote: »

whats your roi and benefits for hittin this bouns? anyone got a link to what is involved in a clearing this bouns? is it just sng or can u play cash games aswell?

http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/supernova/elite/


about how much are those benefits worth altogether?

JP Poker

Well done Mick,

I think its already been asked but I'll go again. Now that you are a SNE will it be easier for you to stay a SNE?

Best of luck on your travels next year:)

R__J

WP Mick.

ITT-Pat

JP Poker wrote: »

Well done Mick,

I think its already been asked but I'll go again. Now that you are a SNE will it be easier for you to stay a SNE?

Best of luck on your travels next year:)

yeah it should only take about 60-70% of the effort to stay SNE(after some rough assumption-based calculations)

MrPillowTalk

Well played thats a sick ammount of rake

oleras

Well done, fantastic achievement.

As a Supernova Elite you will automatically be given free entry to the WCOOP main event. You may also choose one of the following two options:

Option A: Any two packages from PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, WSOP Main Event, EPT Monte Carlo, APPT Sydney.
Option B: Any one of the above packages plus $10,000.

Nice.

Ste05

That's incredibly impressive dedication... I wish I had 1/4 of your work ethic...

KevIRL

WP Mick. As ya know I've been following your progress on this and it was looking a bit shaky around the start of Decemeber. But fair play you made it in with a day to spare and without having to cancel Xmas as well.

EDIT +1 To Mick in the Well

HiCloy

Serious achievement, well done and gl in the live tournies

bubbleking

wp gg

you must be looking forward to getting back to normal activities you never had time to do over the last year such as eating, sleeping, washing etc etc

El Stuntman

I'm truly unsure as to whether to be impressed or appalled :eek:

in terms of achieving an extremely difficult goal, impressed I suppose! wd

Macspower

wp MIck,

tell us a little more about SNE? I know a littel butwhat are all the benefits etc....

just to rub it in

ionapaul

Wow, well done! I played the majority of my online poker this year at Stars, it certainly felt like a lot of time / hands played, and only managed to earn just over 12,000k FPPs in total!

You should be proud - an amazing achievement without doubt. Congrats

bops

about fukin time, wd and i look forward to beating you several k times in 09

zuutroy

All starts again tomorrow

Mr.Plough

lol @ anyone thinking this is easy

phantom_lord

Tight Ted wrote: »

54 $100 sit n goes per day actually doesn't sound that bad!

lol

dannydiamond

Well done sir!

sickpuppy

Ya so easy only 20k sngs ffs Ted go back to sleep every day so what happens if the guys takes a few days off hes gotta start playing 70 80 to catch up.
The downswings in such a large sample would be heartbreaking and soul destroying to most people i would think.
I know Mick is a tourney player but i imagine the profits would be higher if one could channel that work ethic into cash games well done and nice big freerolls in some major comps if that fish ELKY can win one theres hope for us all.

mocata

That complete arse rainkhan played 27 at once.
Lost nearly em all mind u...
Unreal stuff mick gz,now a high profile live FT and stars will have the chequebook out

Sirtoyou

Congrats Mick.An inspiration to us all and a true gent to go with it.

Requiem4adream

well done m8. This is gonna take me an hour to type, broke my hand, typing 1 fingered If it were up to me you'd defo have been Online Player of the Year on your own, people dont realise how hard those turbo sngs on stars are above $100. No value anywhere. Breaking even long run is an achievement, elite is phenomenal. I missed out and lost a lot trying but starting in june was stupid in retrospect.

I still think it's very disingenuous the way stars structure Elite. For those who dont know - the tourny entries are the main carrot but the FPP multiplier (5x - 5fpps for 1vpp earned) is another huge incentive, especially for a high volume player. Elite is valid for the following year (2009 in this case for mick) but he only gets the fpp multiplier until June 30th unless he reaches 1million vpp by that date. "Players with less than 1,000,000 VPPs on July 1 will not retain their Supernova Elite status. ". Which is basically impossible (=$200,000 rake paid in 6 months). Every other level on the VIP spectrum sets realistic targets for maintaining the status month-by-month, elite does not, which is very unfair imo.

Basically elite is an 18 month operation, 12 months making it, 6 months hard graft reaping the rewards. Grinding sngs is the definition of a very hard way to make an easy living, wish you every success for the new year man.

AdMMM

That is a sick amount of rake paid! Well done!

Fatboydim

You are a poker God Mick. Amazing achievement. Well done.

FeetMagic

Wow phenomenal achievement. Sincerely hope you enjoy the rewards and continue your success! Now this is inspiration!

BIGMICKG

BigCityBanker wrote: »

actually Mick, tell us more about it, lots of talk about it on 2+2 and w/e and alot of us have known for a few months that you were bursting your bollix to get it but tell us more.

how much rake?
how many games?
breakdown of games?
roi?
which games were most profitable?
benefits of SNE and how are you going to utilise them?
stars support and customer service (relationship management) of its SNE players?

thanks, ur truly the sickest of us all.

cheers noel and every1 else for the congrats. heres a good idea of the break down of it. basically in order to get elite uve to earn 1million vpps which is $200k in rake of which u get back $115k-$120k.

3.2 million fpps = cash equivalent of $52k

$28k worth of milestone bonuses which u get on ur way to elite throughout the year

and the tourney packages : wcoop entry = $5k
any 2 packages from pca, wsop, montecarlo ept and appt sydney which is worth around $25-$35k depending on what packages u pick.

ill be going to the wsop and the montecarlo

the fpp multiplier as danny mentioned is also a main part of it before i became elite i was getting 250% on fpps now ill be getting 400% bonus makes a huge difference for high volume players paying lots of rake.

regards number of games etc. according to ss i played 20,420 sngs with an av. roi of 2%. at levels between $60-$550. majority been at $100-$225

my most profitable games are defnitly non turbos in the short term but obv. if i was too play just non turbos id never be able to get elite.

throughtout the year i actually didnt play anywhere near as many hours as alot of people would think. except for nov-dec which i played alot.
i was away on 4 foreighn holidays this year (6 weeks total) in manchester 3-4 times and on the odd weekend here and there. so wasnt just glued to my laptop the whole year. was very rare id play more than 30 hours a week tbh

still unsure of my plans for 09 but ive the ipc in galway in a few days and im heading to the caribean on the 12th for 2 weeks on a non poker holiday just gonna chill out over there and think about what im gonna do this year

strewelpeter

30 hours a week is very impressive. I had a vision of all the elites being wage slaves working for stars.