Out on the Town

Saturday was a nice day. The kids went to their Korean class in the morning, while I watched the baby. My wife brought me home some lunch, and then took the kids off to a friend's going away party. After they got home, kids did their piano practice, and then we headed off the Balboa Park and visited the San Diego Zoo.

Did the zoo, and then went to Prado for dinner. Dinner was nice, we had a nice table outside on the patio near the terrace. My kids were able to run around and play on the terrace while waiting for dinner. I got a nice salad and an appetizer for dinner, since I didn't see any entrees that caught my eye. My wife got the seafood paella, which wasn't bad. One kid got macaroni and cheese, the other got macaroni with marinara sauce.

After we got home, I put the older kids to bed, and then headed out. I called Oceans-11 and there was no 20/40 or 40/80 game running! This is a fricking Saturday night! Sheesh, well that kind of ruined my plans for the rest of the night. So I stopped by 7-11, got a red bull, and mulled over my options for the rest of the night. I called a buddy of mine, but he was still working late.

So I decided to go to a casino I had never visited, before, Barona casino. It was a pretty large casino, and the poker room was packed! However, the biggest limit game they had was 4/8 and some smattering of no-limit. The lists were huge, like 20+ names on every game.

I decide to play some blackjack, which I have heard is the best blackjack in San Diego. I started off at a single deck game, but I didn't like it. At a full table, they only deal 2 hands per shuffle, which means there is constant down time due to deck changes. Plus, I like to start off betting a single unit, and each time I win a hand, I press 1 unit. However, at this game, I can never get above 2 units, since I reset at each deck change. I asked the floor man, if they had a shoe game available, and they said they did not at the moment, but they would open a game for me.

So eventually they opened a game for me, and I played this all night. I got in for 4k, and eventually ran it up to 8k+, before cashing out around 5.8k. Playing my normal game, starting at 1 unit, and pressing 1 unit whenever I won a hand, and starting over whenever I lost a hand. Most I ever got it up to was 8 units.

Nice room, nice floor people, and a VIP host even came and introduced herself to me.