Filming for I BET YOU season 2 picked back up on Thursday. We shot episode 4 on Thursday and Friday in Los Angeles. Our big bet was to see who would be a better jet fighter pilot in a dogfight. We each literally flew our own plane (with an instructor, of course), and each got to hold the handle on the jet while actually flying in pursuit of the other guy’s plane and trying to shoot each other down. It was by far one the coolest things I have ever experienced. Check out www.aircombatusa.com to see what we did. We each experienced a G force of 5! It was crazy!

Last night I went to the OC to visit my cousin, Sam. My roommate, Scoob came out to LA with us, so the 3 of us went out to the Timbaland party at TENS. The place was going off pretty strong; however we left to go meet up with my friend, Manny. If you read previous blogs he is the guy that bought all the Cristal that night at Blush in Vegas. He is young, ultra successful, 100% fresh off the boat, he’s got that strong Persian accent, seriously one of my favorite people on the planet; so fun and so entertaining. He is living life to the fullest that is for sure. We met up w him at Fury (some new hotspot in the OC). As usual he was poppin’ the Cristal like it was going out of style. It’s really interesting to see how girls work. At first they are resistant to chill at the table, but the SECOND they see the champagne and the sparklers they’re like vultures. After living and partying in Vegas its rather difficult to party in a state where they take your drink away from you at 1 30AM. That’s when we get started!

So now it’s 4 pm on Saturday. I am in Manny’s penthouse condo in the OC about to take a nap and get ready for this evening’s festivities. I would love nothing more than to just go to Commerce Casino and play poker, but somehow that never seems to happen! My buddy, Lonny owns Geisha House and Les Deux (both super duper hotspots in LA) so it’s kind of hard to say no when he invites you to party with him at his clubs for the night. 

We’re shooting episode 5 of I BET YOU on Tuesday and Wednesday, then back to Vegas for the weekend, and off to Miami to hang with Michael Kelly and Phil Laak on Sunday. I’ll chill  for a couple of days before we shoot off to Turks and Caicos for the WPT. I’m looking forward to actually playing some poker for a change!

Antonio