My last casino trip of 2008 was an overnighter to Detroit. Since I was off work Monday, I would usually go up in the morning. I decided to try going on Sunday afternoon, and spend the night. Hopefully I can get a more lively card game on a Sunday afternoon or evening.
I got up to the MGM Detroit poker room about 5 pm, and was seated immediately at a 1/2 table. There were definitely some action players at the table, along with some calling stations. Unfortunately, what was missing from the table was cards for me. I sat there for three hours, and saw just three pocket pairs, nines being the highest. There were just no opportunities for me. (-$191)
I left the poker room, and grabbed some dinner the food court. I then headed over to my new favorite casino table game, Texas Hold'em Bonus. To sum up the game, you play Limit Hold'em Heads-Up against the Dealer. It's a good game to sit for a while, and grind out some profit.
Fortunately, I didn't need to sit for long. After less than an hour, I had doubled up, and left the table up $550. On the way out the door, I did my ritual donation to a Video Poker machine (-$150), and head to the motel up $209 for the day.
On Monday morning, I headed over to Motor City Casino. I walked into the poker room about 9:30, and got seated at a 1/2 table. This table was very typical for a weekday game. Lotsa limping, and not much action. I couldn't get on any kind of run, with my stack floating between +$75 to -$75.
About 12:30, I raise two consecutive hands, get a couple of callers each time, and win about $300 total. First hand was a set of sevens, and second hand was top pair with open-ender that hit on the turn. I left the poker room at 1:30 up $268.
I decided to try my luck again at Texas Hold'em Bonus, and it turned out to still be good. I played about eight hands, and won all of them (+$525).
Headed over to the buffet for lunch. While gorging, i did a little math, and realized that I was up a grand for the trip. I was contemplating whether to head home, or go play some more poker. I decide to buy-in to the 2/5 game for half my profit and see what happens.
I go back to the poker room, and put my name on the 2/5 list. During my hour wait for a seat, I make another ritual donation to the Video Poker gods (-$100).
Once I finally got a seat, I only got to play about two hours before I had to head for home. I left the table down $174. Since it was a short session, i had to rely on catching some luck. As usual, there just was not many opportunities.
So I headed home from Detroit up $728. A sweet way to end the year.
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