Now that the end of the year is drawing nigh, the elite among the PokerStars VIP Club are starting to come out of the woodwork. It's only been a couple of weeks since we saw PokerStars third Supernova Elite member of the VIP Club.

Now, there is a fourth: jhub3000



Because few people can conceive of what it takes to achieve this level of play, we asked jhub3000 a few questions. This is what he says about joining ElkY, BigJoe2003, and marchinvest2 as the only Supernova Elite members of the PokerStars VIP Club.

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How did you make it to Supernova Elite?

jhub3000: Almost entire 6 man SNGs, mostly from the $119 to $565 level, usually 8-12 tables at a time

What have you been spending your FPPs on?

jhub3000: Like marchinvest2, I just get the cash bonuses because I'm saving for a house. I also purchased a car (07 Chrysler 300) with some of the money I received from the bonuses.

Do you have any interests outside of poker?

jhub3000: Sports, fantasy football, camping, fishing, working out.

How did you get into poker?

jhub3000: I used to occasionally play with friends. Then I tore my achilles tendon and needed something to do on the weekends because I didn't couldn't play sports and didn't feel like going out to parties/bars with my friends on crutches. I started up a play money account in the Spring '05. I did extremely well (who wouldn't at play money) and decided to make a real money deposit. I deposited $50 & never looked back. I started at $1 & $2 SNGs. I made some money but nothing big. Then I read some books and switched to cash games. That's when I really started doing well. I played mostly NL hold em and some Omaha H/L. I went from site to site and probably played on about 7 sites. Finally in the fall of '05 I switched back to SNGs, except this time I played 6 max SNGs since that is what I had been playing most recently in cash.

I immediately did extremely well. I found out that I was getting laid off from my college job so I started up an Excel spreadsheet to calculate my hourly rate to see if I could do it as a job. I realized that I was making more than I would at a normal "job" so I decided to give it a go. I started playing as my job while in college in January '06. This is when I switched to PokerSars and immediately wished I had done so sooner. I started out just 2 tabling $38s and then gradually added tables and eventually moved up in stakes (a lot later than I should have). I have been playing full time since January of this year. I'll probably be going back to school for my last semester this Spring.