Casino Barcelona

Barca's come a long way since Y2K. Big, good changes. Cleaner, friendlier, more expensive, better bars/food, [which were good already] and now Casinos!Well, one, anyway. But on the beach!So, Casino Barcelona it is. Free entry due to deal with my hotel. Laborious process of waiting in line and filling out forms to go in. Yes. That's okay, I had already hit the bars for a few hours.[They also now have slot parlors, which are nice and cool during the day if you play, I don't. But dark and cool and serve drinks. Try the orxada.]Sadly, no craps. Shoot.6 Poker tables. I wonder if Carlos ever plays here. I just missed the EPT event or some such there by a few weeks. It's late on a Tue nite [they are open until 5 am] so there are only 3 tables going. PLO 5/10, PLO 10/20, Limit HE 20/40. There is no list for lower limit or NL currently. Crap.I certainly don't have the roll for 20/40 HE. And I refuse to play Limit on vacation. I'd rather watch paint dry. Of course, I don't play Omaha. Maybe a 5-8 times, total. And I don't have the roll for 10/20 PLO, or 5/10 for that matter.These guys playing at 2 am on a Tuesday look like pros. Plus I've been drinking. Time to go play roulette, I guess...So, obviously I sat down at the PLO 5/10 table. I bought in for so much less than people had it was obvious I was a tourist or a very, very sharp cardshark. My English probably tipped them off as to which.Played a few hands, folded a few pots to flop or turn raises. Eventually got dealt A2hAxs. That looks like a good hand. Bet, I raise, called.Flop comes Ac3h4h. Rapidly thinking back to my Ciaffone Omaha book, is this a good hand, is this a good hand. I think it's a good hand. Did I mention I had been drinking?Needless to say, with several nut draws I am not folding and all my money goes into the pot [not much] so I win. Yay.Climb out of my seat 2 G&Ts and a few hands later. Down 70 Euros, a solid victory for me. If only I had been properly rolled....