I have decided to keep a daily journal of my first WSOP that I can look back on in future years. I started playing poker in May 2003, I love playing poker, but do not play for a living. My results are poor bearing in mind the number of tournaments I have entered. In fact, I am only 10,000 in profit over my whole poker career after deducting entry fees and expenses. Therefore, if my living depended on poker, I would have died of starvation half way through 2004. The beauty of poker is that you can play with the best players in the world if you are prepared to pay the entry fees. I intend to play 11 events at the WSOP, which will cost me around $33,000 plus expenses of $7,000. Luckily, I won 2 seats for the main event on Party Poker (Nick The Shrew Whiten is using the second one) . Over the last 8 years I have always been comped for all my hotels and expenses in Vegas due to my blackjack play, but this time, I have decided to lay off the blackjack and pay all my own bills ($140 per night at the Rio for 31 nights!), My total costs for the whole trip are therefore $40,000. I have 2 minimum targets for this trip;