Palm Springs, err Desert Hot Springs

So I'm sitting in my hotel room in Desert Hot Springs. The hotel is pretty nice (other than the cockroach I found in the bathroom that I had to catch and flush down the toilet), and they have a bunch of nice hot pools that are sourced from the underground aquifer that is nice and hot.

My wife made reservations two nights ago at some place I had never heard of. She just said it was somewhere in Palm Springs. Well sort of. It's close to Palm Springs, about 30 minutes north of it. The only slight problem with the place, is that isn't really much more than a resort town, and it turns out it has a huge gang and crime problem, according to this article.

I did get out last night and played 8/16 at Agua Caliente. I played there many years ago, almost 5 now. Back then they had 20/40 and bigger. Here's the trip report I wrote back then after I went there for the first time.

This time around it was much different. The poker room itself I think was in the same location, but I can't say for sure. The biggest limit game they had going was 8/16, and only one table at that. They may have had a 3/6 and 4/8 game going too, I don't quite remember. The place has basically turned into a no-limit room, with plenty of small stakes no limit being spread, and I think one fairy large 5/10/20 game being run. Not sure if that means it's 5 dollar ante from each player, and then 10/20 blinds, I wasn't really paying attention to that table.

I played 8/16 and won 622 dollars in about 3 hours or so. I got really drunk for some reason, I didn't drink that much, but I drank on an empty stomache, so that probably caused my problems. I ended up heaving in the bathroom for like 2 hours around midnight. I don't know what time the game broke, because when I came back at 2am, the game had already broke and I had gotten picked up. I grabbed my chips and cashed in, and then I tried to get a room at the hotel there, so I wouldn't have to drive back. Unfortunately they were sold out, so I got the minivan from valet, parked in the parking garage and passed out in the back for 2 hours or so. Very cold and uncomfortable. After I felt good enough to drive, I drove back to the hotel and slunk into bed next to my wife. She was pretty understanding of it, all things considered. Also since she was the one who fed me Udon noodles, and not a real meal, I think she probably felt partially responsible anyways. It's really not her fault though.