Motor City Hotel & Casino is in Detroit, MI. It is located off of Grand River Rd near I-75.
Poker Room:
The Poker Room is located on the 1st floor. When you walk in from the parking garage, there is an escalator on your left. Take it down to the 1st floor, and walk straight ahead. The Poker Room is on the left, just past a bar.
The Poker Room has 14 tables. It is a separate room from the rest of the casino. The tables and chars are crammed into the space. It's really hard to move around in there.
The rake is $6 max plus $1 for the Bad Beat Jackpot, which is Aces full of Jacks beaten by Quads. Both hold card must be used. Currently, there is a Royal Flush Jackpot. It ranges from $100-$500, depending on how frequently it gets hit.
Games that are spread daily are 1/2 ($200 max), 2/5 ($500 max), 5/10 ($1000 max). They will occasionally get a 5/10 Limit game going. On various days, they spread 10/20 NL, 5/10 Omaha H/L with Kill, and 15/30 Round x Round (Limit Hold'em and Omaha High).The room is usually packed. On my last visit, I arrived at 9:30am on a Monday. There were three tables of 1/2 and a table of 2/5. It's not uncommon to wait up to two hours for a seat on evenings and weekends. I have to wait at least an hour almost every time I walk in there.
The quality of play is mixed. Detroit is a big city, and they've had poker rooms for almost ten years. There are definitely some quality players who play for a living, or just for a hobby. Of course, there are many action junkies, bullshit artists, and tight grinders who are hoping that the BBJ will fund their retirement accounts.
There are no official comps for poker players. But Motor City was kind enough to put a snack area in the Poker Room. It has a Coke machine, coffee, cookies, chips, and other munchies. Next to the table is a small fridge with sandwiches and fruit salads. There is no charge for any of it, just walk over and grab some.
Motor City does have daily tournaments, usually at 11am & 7pm. The buy-in varies from $65 to $550 on Sundays. I have played in a $120 on a weekday. The structure was terrible, and not worth the money. The Sunday one might be better.
Casino:
Motor City Casino has all the usual table games, including 4-Card Poker, Mini-Baccarat, Casino War, and Ultimate Texas Hold'em. All of the table games are located on the 2nd floor. The table minimums are usually between $10-$15.
Avoid the video poker. I haven't found one with a good pay table.
There is a buffet and various other eating places. There are in a separate area away from the casino on the 2nd floor, and is a bit of a walk.
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I'm a regular. The games most commonly spread are 1/2 NL, 2/5 NL, 300-2000 NL and 500 min NL. You can usually find plenty of 1/2 and 2/5 tables going anytime. Usually 1 or 2 300-2000 NL "big game" tables going. On the weekends (especially when the bad beat is high), expect to wait hours to get on any of these tables.
If you're into Omaha or fixed limit Hold'em, you'll be glad to hear that Motorcity offer 20/40 limit Round-by-Round with a full kill Tuesdays, 15/30 limit Texas Hold'em with a full kill Fridays, and 15/30 limit round-by-round with 1/3 kill on Saturdays. These are reserved games. That is, the players that started the game last week have their name written in a book so they're first up on the list next week. If you want to play one of these games, be sure to call the floor much in advance as you can so you can get your name as close to the starting 10 as possible. Often time people don't show up and if you're there and early enough on the list you get the seat.
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