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Old 11-06-2005, 03:45 PM
juanez juanez is offline
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Default Re: I\'m considering being a Poker dealer and need advice to get started

Call the casino's HR dept. and see if they are hiring. If so, you will need to go through an audition. Do well at the audition, get a job.

Dealer school isn't necessary, but it sure helps if you don't know any dealers that can sit down with you and show you what needs to be done in a casino. It's a bit different that dealing home games...
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Old 11-06-2005, 04:10 PM
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Call the casino's HR dept. and see if they are hiring. If so, you will need to go through an audition. Do well at the audition, get a job.

Dealer school isn't necessary, but it sure helps if you don't know any dealers that can sit down with you and show you what needs to be done in a casino. It's a bit different that dealing home games...

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This way of doing it is becoming more and more common. The traditional way of getting a dealing job is to go talk to the poker room manager adn get an audition. If you do well in the audition they will send you to HR to fill out papaer work.

It really varies by casino, I hear more and more of the corporate types forcing poker room mangers to not talk to anyone until they fill out an application, but I think the more common way is to still ask for an audition before applying.
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Old 11-07-2005, 03:21 AM
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Dealer school isnt required? Is it still worth it though? At custom casino academy down here in garden grove, tuition is 1300 for 4 weeks of instruction. I'm familiar with how to play poker and such, but pitch speed and proper shuffle technique I'm not quite as familiar with. Should I attend dealer school or just ask and see if a dealer whos currently working can help me out? I heard the schools give you some sort of cerificate and that card rooms check if you have it or not.
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Old 11-07-2005, 04:03 AM
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Dealer school isnt required? Is it still worth it though? At custom casino academy down here in garden grove, tuition is 1300 for 4 weeks of instruction. I'm familiar with how to play poker and such, but pitch speed and proper shuffle technique I'm not quite as familiar with. Should I attend dealer school or just ask and see if a dealer whos currently working can help me out? I heard the schools give you some sort of cerificate and that card rooms check if you have it or not.

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1300 for 4 weeks of instruction seems pretty high (or maybe I shoudl get int eh business of teaching). The only thing that matters is when you go fo rthe audition is if you can dela the card; they don't care where or how you learned. Most of the dealers coming out of school aren't very good.
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