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Old 10-07-2007, 01:06 AM
saxman007 saxman007 is offline
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Default Re: NEW MGM IN DETROIT

Played there today.
Couple observations:
1) Casino is great! Beautiful, spacious, well thought out.
2) Card room blows! MCC is still the place, as mentioned above. I will say there is potential but there needs to be changes made YESTERDAY.
Buddy and I went to play today -- walked in and asked what they were spreading. Floor says, what do you want to play? We laugh and say, no what are you spreading? He replies the same, so I said how about a Roundy-by-round or PLO. He said: I've got 50-200 (1/2 NL), 100-300 (2-5NL) and starting a list for 300, no max (5/10NL). We took a seat at the 50-200 (no wait) and I proceeded to see some of the worst dealing I've ever seen in my life.
Average hands/down was about 8, yes 8 hands in a half-hour (last down we had 6 hands). Witnessed somebody pay $10 for their $2 blind; a flop of 345 and the dealer say "possible straight on the board"; and just lots and lots of dealer errors. My buddy and I just laughed and tried mightly to follow action and help. Had to explain to the dealers about dead buttons, people needing to post big blind every orbit, how to make side-pots etc.
WITH all of that said, room isn't bad. It is small and will hopefully expand. The floor staff seemed very interested in making the room work. When I pulled them aside to talk about what I was seeing at the table they seemed concerned and wanting to fix it.
I do hope they get these things fixed and some of the games switch from MCC to MGM. The room is cleaner and has potential to be nicer.
Oh yeah, to say the fish were swimming is an understatment! There were 3 at my table who had NEVER played in a casino before. There was some sickly sweet action happening.
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