Best Sports Bar in San Diego
Decided to check out the new Sports Pit Bar at Harrah’s and make it an overnighter. Although it was a Saturday night, my room was discounted to $29 with my Harrah's Players Club Card.
So—what’s the new Sports Bar like? Well, the back wall is completed covered with flat screen TV’s showing different channels and different games. My thought was that it would be a great place to watch college football on Saturdays, NFL on Sunday and Monday nights. There wasn’t too much going on in the way of games Saturday night but they still had a decent crowd.
The Sports Pit area is nicely laid out over a very large area so you don’t feel claustrophobic. There is the TV Wall with lots of comfortable chairs and tables, a large simulated golf game where, for $20 an hour, you & your pals take a swing (real golf clubs) at the ball and the simulation tells you how far your ball went, where it went, etc. The Sports Bar has a small pit with 2 blackjack tables and a “the Flop” table—which is a fairly new table game based on 5 card stud.
If you like Texas Holdem, there are two multi-player Heads Up Texas Holdem video slot games---I didn’t try it so not sure if you play against the dealer or other players. Finally, there is the Sports Bar itself with bartenders in umpire shirts. Pretty strict about no more than one drink every 20 minutes; this is monitored for your safety and casino liability. I sat at the Sports Bar for a while and played Cleopatra Keno and Deuces Wild Video Poker. The bar was nearly full most of the time and it’s always enjoyable to chat with other players as they come and go.
With my work (review) done at the Sports Pit Bar, I headed over to my favorite casino table game – Ultimate Texas Holdem. The table was a $10 minimum (Saturday night) and I bought in for $200. Now $200 will not last very long if you lose a few hands since you place 4 bets per hand (that’s $40 per hand—and $10 to $30 more if don’t check through the River Card). All and all, I played about 9 hours and won quite a bit overall, mostly because I hit a straight flush (pays 90 to 1) with four cards to the straight flush on the Board. My Russian pal sitting two players down hit a Royal Flush same night – paid off about $5000 on her $10 bets.
Although it was a good night – there was one thing that really annoyed me. Harrah’s has never been overly generous on comp points for table play (unless you bet $100+ per bet). Still, I usually do get a comp for a free breakfast after playing all night at the tables---I mean that’s really not a big deal is it--$15 for breakfast after betting $40+ per hand for 7 or 8 hours?. Not this night—they must have lowered the table comps or something—lowered to practically nothing. I played for about 9 hours that night, betting anywhere from $10 bet X 4 = $40 per hand to $25 per bet x 4 = $100 per hand. When I asked for a comp for breakfast at 4 a.m., the pit boss checks and says I have earned only $2 for the night. The dealer and other pit boss think there must be a mistake and they double-check. Nope, only $2. Unbelievable. So I bought my own breakfast with my winnings.
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