It's that time, time for 2008 goals!

Okay. I'm purposely not playing tonight or tomorrow. Actually, internet isn't being installed in my house until Jan. 2 so I'm going to start a day behind..but I'm going to GO FOR SUPERNOVA ELITE!

For those readers who may be unfamiliar with how the PokerStars VIP system works, players who accumulate 1 million VPPs over the course of 1 year get the title of "Supernova Elite". I think there were about 40 Elites this year total. Next year there will undoubtedly be more.

Milestone Bonuses will be some of the carrots dangling in front of me to keep me going for the duration of the year. With the changes to Stars' VIP system for 2008, here will be the milestones for me to accumulate:

200k VPP - $2,000
300k VPP - $3,000
400k VPP - $4,000
500k VPP - $5,000
600k VPP - $6,000
800k VPP - $8,000

Total Milestones - $28,000

I'm building a new computer system, which actually I need to start doing very soon. It's going to have dual monitors so I can effectively multitable BETTER than I have in the past, and also hopefully include more tables without any loss in productivity. Honestly I think I could handle 24 tables on 2 larger screens much easier than 16 on 1 smaller one.

This is a pretty huge commitment, and it really should be the cornerstone for my future endeavours. With my potential profits from playing and the bonuses I hope to earn enough money to not only continue playing poker professionally, but have enough to support living (which I have been doing, that's nothing new), and save for buying and outfitting an entire home.

The only goal that I have that trumps going for Elite is to remain a winning player. I cannot turn into a losing player. There really is no room for regression. I study, play and know enough to be a winning player at the limits I currently play.

Going for Elite will require an average of 2732.24 VPP per day (it's a leap year!). I've set myself in a good work environment where I can rest well, work well, study well, and party a bit less.

Getting Elite will give me entries to a couple major tournaments, which means I will get to travel and enjoy a few vacations in 2009. Most likely if I get Elite it will probably only be for one year. The only major vacation I have planned for 2008 is to go to the WSOP and play in at least one event, probably over a 5 day period.

Okay, so a short summary:

Goal 1: Remain a winning player.

Goal 2: Acquire 1 MILLION vpp in 2008 (Supernova Elite!)

Goal 3: Travel to Vegas and play a WSOP event and have fun.

So that's it for me. Expect frequent updates.