Windsor Casino in Canada

[badluckal]

Windsor is a waaaay better place to play than any of the casinos in Detroit for a multitude of reasons.

[xDaMiOnx]

Thanks for the responses guys, I can't wait to get up there and play. Any other input?

[chopstick]

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Windsor is a waaaay better place to play than any of the casinos in Detroit for a multitude of reasons.

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I'd love to hear more about this if you don't mind. I'll be in the Detroit area in a few weeks for a weekend and am thinking of staying in Windsor instead of Detroit, and spending some time playing 1-2NL. Sounds like Casino Windsor is the best choice?

Bumping because I am going through the forum reading threads about the casinos in the Detroit/Windsor area while planning a weekend trip there towards the end of the month. Any comments about where to stay & play are appreciated.

[paperjam]

I stayed at a hotel that was walking distance to the casino - it could have been motel 6 or something, just a bed to sleep on - inexpensive. The poker room is small, with sometimes long waiting lists - but overall I enjoyed my experience.

I played 1/2NL and 3/6limit and found the games to be soft. The 3/6 was full of weak/tight old men watching hockey and curling (for real). Play a taggy game there and you'll be fine.

The 1/2NL was decently loose, with a lot of pf raising. And it's Canadian money, so if you're down a 100, you're really not.

[bigshowmack]

If you're going for a weekend, don't stay in the casino, they offered double occupancy for $249, and only had like 3 rooms left at noon of the day we wanted to stay over. We stayed at the travelodge down the street (4 minute walk if you go left out the main entrance of the casino and walk along the riverfront) and it was $99 for double occupancy, and the rooms were clean and comfortable.

The 3/6 limit is a senior citizen rock garden like paperjam said. If you cap preflop in position with a drawing hand and hit people will seriously get mad at you.

If they get a 5/10 limit game going, its slightly looser and more aggressive.

Never seen 10/20 limit.

They get a 10/20 NL uncapped going on some Fridays and Saturdays, and a $500 MTT on the last friday of every month, and other than that you mostly see 2/5 NL 200 max, and 1/2 NL 100 max. I've never played the 200 max, because 50 BB > 40, and the 100max NL is sufficiently juicy. Biggest cash I've ever had there is $1650, and you'll see an open raise to $20 and like 5 callers, so shove your monsters and don't try to squeeze in less than optimal situations, because people will cold call a $20 PFR and then call all in to a push behind them for their entire stack with marginal hands such as AJo. The best part about Windsor Casino 100 max is if you bet a flush draw, no one will ever believe you have it when it comes, and will pay you off with a hand as weak as TPGK.

In terms of nightlife, there are strip clubs and about 30 bars all within walking distance of the casino, and they are absolutely packed on weekends with Canadian and American students alike. The city smells wierd and is pretty dumpy, but its a fun place to go for a weekend.

Greektown and to a lesser extent MCC are absolute dumps, and I will never set foot in either of them again. They smell terrible, are dirty, and are full of complete scumbags. You're way better off going to Windsor, and I still have my fingers crossed on Detroit eventually sinking into the river or something. That city sucks.

[badluckal]

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I still have my fingers crossed on Detroit eventually sinking into the river or something. That city sucks.

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Indeed, lol [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[badluckal]

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Windsor is a waaaay better place to play than any of the casinos in Detroit for a multitude of reasons.

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I'd love to hear more about this if you don't mind. I'll be in the Detroit area in a few weeks for a weekend and am thinking of staying in Windsor instead of Detroit, and spending some time playing 1-2NL. Sounds like Casino Windsor is the best choice?


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See the post above this one. To reiterate:

- Detroit poker rooms are among the dirtiest, worst managed that I have ever seen;
- Windsor room is quite nice and well managed;
- You get a slight advantage at Windsor due to the exchange rate;
- The games are great - I think the above poster characterized them pretty well;
- People are friendly in Canada!

The only drawback to going to Windsor is the bridge/tunnel (bring your passport, it will make the process alot easier), but I always end up making the trip and feeling good about the decision.

[Richard Tanner]

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Windsor is a waaaay better place to play than any of the casinos in Detroit for a multitude of reasons.

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I'd love to hear more about this if you don't mind. I'll be in the Detroit area in a few weeks for a weekend and am thinking of staying in Windsor instead of Detroit, and spending some time playing 1-2NL. Sounds like Casino Windsor is the best choice?


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See the post above this one. To reiterate:

- Detroit poker rooms are among the dirtiest, worst managed that I have ever seen;
- Windsor room is quite nice and well managed;
- You get a slight advantage at Windsor due to the exchange rate;
- The games are great - I think the above poster characterized them pretty well;
- People are friendly in Canada!

The only drawback to going to Windsor is the bridge/tunnel (bring your passport, it will make the process alot easier), but I always end up making the trip and feeling good about the decision.

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This about covers it. I will say, from my personal experience, that there are 2 things marginally untrue with the above: 1)Alot of college kids come over to play, so the "nice" atmosphere is obviously highly open to interpretation and 2) The exchange rate doesn't really help you on wins, sure if you lose 100 you only lost 90 (which isn't a big deal anyway) but if you win 200 you only won 180, so it's a wash.

Cody