So I want to be a dealer

NYCNative · #1 06-21-2005, 07:54 PM

I like poker but don't feel like I have the skills to become a pro poker player. How does one go about becoming a dealer? How easy is it to get a foot in the door? How is the pay and hours? Aside from knowing the rules of most poker games and how to shuffle and deal, I also have much experience in the service industry - restaurants and record stores. I have long hair and I'm a guy, is that a problem in some casinos? Do I ask too many questions? [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

I also believe it's in the rules that someone needs to post about what a horrible job it is and how much I will hate it.

closer2313 · #2 06-21-2005, 08:04 PM

Try this

Hold'me · #3 06-21-2005, 10:33 PM

Interesting. According to the article the dealers keep their tips. I was always under the impression that the casino took them.

clutch · #4 06-22-2005, 12:18 AM

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Interesting. According to the article the dealers keep their tips. I was always under the impression that the casino took them.

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If the casino took them, why would anybody ever tip?

jclin · #5 06-22-2005, 12:57 AM

I've seen a couple threads on this. Expect to be sitting on your butt, getting hassled by folks all day. You keep all tips, it doesn't go to a bigger pool that everyone shares later. It obviously doesn't have much potential of raises. Even the 10-20 NL games tip a buck a hand at most, where hands can last a lifetime and pots in the thousands.

Good luck if you wish to try.

BISCO · #6 06-22-2005, 01:57 AM

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You keep all tips, it doesn't go to a bigger pool that everyone shares later.

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this is not true at foxwoods

housenuts · #7 06-22-2005, 02:32 AM

i would rather deal coke than cards.

NYCNative · #8 06-22-2005, 02:36 AM

You act like the two are mutually exclusive...

Photoc · #9 06-22-2005, 04:02 AM

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You keep all tips, it doesn't go to a bigger pool that everyone shares later.

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this is not true at foxwoods

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This is because foxwoods pools their dealers as well as the tokes. Quite a few of the dealers rotate through the poker room.

Not to mention F. Woods, as I like to call it, screws their dealers and players because they are the only (legal) game in town.

bustedchucks · #10 06-22-2005, 07:09 AM

repost this in B&M and youll get more, and better responses.