I'll keep that in mind!
I need to talk to my wife about it. One of the kids lives in Santa Barbara, so that might be a good excuse to go too. He plays poker, but I only play well enough to play informal games with the guys from work from time to time. Sometime I would love to learn, but haven't done so yet. I play mostly blackjack and the wife does slots. If we go there I'll shoot you an email though anyway, it would be nice to meet you even if I don't play in the poker tournament!