Cada's Poker and Sports Grill, Sterling Heights

Named for 2009 World Series of Poker champion Joe Cada, Cada's Poker & Sports Grill fuels patrons with classic pub fare as they face-off in Texas hold'em and Omaha poker tournaments. Servers ferry trays of half-pound burgers and piping-hot pizzas to diners watching pay-per-view UFC fights on more than two dozen high-definition TVs. Six blackjack tables host amiable requests of "hit me," and 10 poker tables facilitate $4,500-pot, no-limit hold'em tournaments on the first Saturday of each month. Joe Cada occasionally stops in to play tournaments, giving poker-playing patrons the chance to put their hands to the test or challenge his geometry skills at the bar's free pool tables.