Rounders Poker Room in Clinton Township

Rounders Poker Room
“The only Vegas style poker room in Metro Detroit.”
34244 Groesbeck Highway
Clinton Twp, MI 48035
586-792-0356



7 Days a Week
M-F 5:30PM—2AM, Sat 3PM – 2am, Sun 1PM—11PM
Date Room Reviewed: Jan 24, 2009

24 of 25 Chips




Rounders Poker room was playing for Rosemar Techaid Foundation’s General Fund. The poker room is located at Fountain View Lanes – just south of 15 Mile on Groesbeck. Chaplins’ Comedy Club is also located there. There isn’t a sign on the outside of the building, so to find the poker room, drive to the north-most part of the parking lot, park around the side and look for the double-doors – you’ll walk right into the poker room. Once you come through the doors, you know right away that this is no ordinary charity poker room! Patrick has put a lot of thought, time and effort into making Rounders look and feel like you’re playing in a casino poker room. On Saturday night, I played in the $10 buy-in, $1000 guaranteed tournament, then donated some chips at the $1/$2 cash table.

#1 Games: 5 of 5 chips

Five of five chips for games offered at Rounders. They spread $1/$2 & $2/$5 NL Hold’em, Limit Hold’em, Omaha, and Round by Round, along with a different tournament format every night of the week. The rake is 10% up to $5.

Rounders is also hosting a High Stakes cash game on Monday nights. The buy-in is $200 - $500 for $2/$5 Round by Round NLHE / Omaha. This game starts at 7:30 every Monday. If you’re looking for a great high stakes game – try this one!

Starting Superbowl Sunday, Rounders is offering “The Nuts” Jackpot on the cash games. Here’s how it works: the player must use both cards in their hand, and must have played the hand to get paid. It’s only available to cash game players. The jackpot is funded with $1 rake from each pot over $20. Now for the payouts:

• Royal Flush : minimum $1000 payout, 50% to the player, 50% to the table
• Straight Flush : 25% of the jackpot, 50% to the player, 50% to the table
• Quad Aces: $150 to the player, $25 to each player at the table
• Quad Kings: $100 to the player, $20 to each player at the table
• Quad Queens: $75 to the player, $15 to each player at the table
• Quad Jacks: $50 to the player, $10 to each player at the table

Cash game players also get priority seating for the freerolls & tournaments. Way to take care of your cash players Patrick!

#2 Tournaments : 5 of 5 chips

With a different tournament format every night of the week, Rounders takes care of all the tourney players from freerollers to deep-stack fans. With enough seats to accommodate 90 players, all of the alternates get a chance to play too!

• Monday: 7pm $10 buy-in $1000 guaranteed tournament*. ($20 bonus 6000 chips at registration) 1500 starting chips $10 rebuys for 1500 chips. $25 add-on for 10,000 chips at the break. 12 min blinds. *based on 50 players
• Tuesday: 7pm $25 buy-in ($10 bonus 1000 chips) 2000 starting chips – no rebuys, no add-ons. 15 min blinds
• Wednesday: 7pm $35 bounty ($15 bonus 2000 chips) 3000 starting chips, no rebuys, no add-ons. $5 “bounty” for each player you knock out. 15 min blinds.
• Thursday: 7pm $1500 Winner Takes All Freeroll*. 1000 starting chips ($20 bonus 6000 chips) $10 rebuy for 2000 chips, $20 add-on for 10,000 chips. *based on 50 players
• Friday: 7pm $50/$100 + $15 5000 starting chips – no rebuys, no add-ons. 20 min blinds
• Saturday: 7pm $10 buy-in $1000 guaranteed tournament*. ($20 bonus 6000 chips at registration) 1500 starting chips $10 rebuys for 1500 chips. $25 add-on for 10,000 chips at the break. 12 min blinds. *based on 50 players
• Sunday: 2pm FREEROLL 1000 starting chips ($20 bonus 6000 chips) $10 rebuy for 2000 chips, $20 add-on for 10,000 chips.

Tournament director software on a laptop keeps track of blinds, rounds and payout structure. Payback to players ranges from 75% - 85% - and includes all add-ons and rebuys at this percentage!

For variety of tournaments, percentage payouts, blinds and length of round adjusted to format, and that “fun” factor, Rounders receives 5 of 5 chips.

#3 Atmosphere: 4 of 5 chips

This is an amazing room with custom finishes around the edges of the room, framed photos of poker pros, a giant canvas of KGB (from Rounders, the movie). The lighting is great, and it is a 100% non-smoking room. For me this is a huge plus. It was wonderful to go home –not- smelling like smoke after playing poker. Smokers could do their thing outside the doors in the parking lot, or step into the bowling alley for a break.

The charity has a great set up in a “drive through” window a step up from the main floor. Once inside, you are greeted by a floor manager, and it’s easy to get into the tournament, or buy into a cash game.

There’s a large screen TV in the room, along with some smaller ones. Music is playing in the background – loud enough to hear, but soft enough to talk over easily.

The only thing that keeps Rounders from getting all five chips is the outside signage. It’s hard to figure out where to go the first time you come to Fountain View because there isn’t any signage directing you to the north end of the building.

#4 Equipment : 5 of 5 chips

The equipment in this room is top notch! Let me start with the tables. All the tables in the room are 9 foot tables with red speed cloth, cushy bumpers, and permanent (non-folding) legs. The cash table has an in-table card shuffler and a “rake slot”. There are no chip racks in these tables. The chairs are great! Cushy, big, new and clean. You will not get “chair seat butt” playing here. (chair seat butt: when you’ve sat in the same chair for so long, your buns get a flat spot from the seat). Because the tables are all nine-footers, even with ten players at the table, you are not squished in. Rounders also has side tables for your drinks and snacks. Custom chips are used for cash and tournaments.


#5 Staff: 5 of 5 chips

Patrick and his team run a great poker room. Players are greeted as soon as they enter the room. Questions are answered quickly and professionally. Dealers are very knowledgeable about the rules, quick to get you your cards, figure out split pots, pull rakes, and keep the game moving. Any disputes or disagreements are settled by the floor quickly. Fountain View also dedicates one waitress (or waiter) to the poker room, so food and beverages are delivered tableside.

From the moment you step into Rounders Poker Room, you know the room was set up for poker players, by a poker player. The atmosphere, staff professionalism, cash games and tournaments make Rounders a great place to play.