I am forsaking my goal to attain Supernova Elite this year. It is just too much of a grind for my current bankroll/cash skills/social life/discipline/etc. Instead, I am going to focus on simply profiting like I did in the old days. VPPs will be a sideline bonus, as I will still reach regular Supernova status (~35% rakeback) in the next few months.
When I asked my MTT backer for a cash bankroll to embark on my SNE quest, he shipped me $3k and things were looking good for a few thousand hands. But then I realized I am an awful cash game player (compared to my MTT skills + experience) and these funds quickly eroded over the next couple weeks. Dejected, I was willing to re-enter a staking deal with my backer starting with a decent amount of makeup to account for my ring game losses, but first I gave a shot at some Steps SnGs using FPPs to buy in.
I bought a few Step 4 ($215) tickets and eventually maneuvered my way to a 6-max Step 6 ($2,100) satellite into the SCOOP Main Event [H]. I won it for $10,300, immediately un-registered from the tournament for T$, and traded these for real money at a 97% rate using this website . This allowed me to pay back my staker for my cash game experiment (disaster?), withdraw some money for myself to pay bills and save in general, and still leave myself 100 buy-ins for the $16 turbos on PokerStars (plus the occasional $11 MTT). Reinvigorated studying of SnG strategy as well as the strict bankroll management I’ve been practicing since February 2009 will ensure that this money only grows. Plus, no more profit splitting! 
It was a knock to my ego to have to give up on the goal which I had hyped up so much. I didn’t realize how grueling it would be to put in ten hours per day of 24-tabling *tough* games and still make a profit without going crazy or getting butt muscle cramps. However, 2011 will be a different story. 
