poker dealing

philliivey

anyone know how to become a poker dealer? maybe 13cards or fallsview can help? I tried some searches on how to learn to become one but have really found nothing. I am thinking of trying something different in terms of occupation since i am going nowwhere in my current one.

any elp

Thanks

13CARDS

http://recruitment.casinoniagara.com/english/index.asp

philliivey

thank you 13 cards

how did you learn to become one? also is this how you got hired? Do they put you through a course or do you need experience? i have the poker experience but the dealing side would prob need some work.

BlondeFish

You can take an expensive dealing course, or you can wait for the CNE Casino school to open in the summer to get cheaper training. The bad news is that unless you are willing to move to Alberta, it is unlikely that you will find a dealer job that has as many hours or money as your current occupation, especially with most clubs being raided and sometimes the dealers charged. :eek:

I was one of the few dealers I know who managed to get a job interview at Fallsview Casino, but there was only one contract position. I also applied at Casino Brantford before I played at the $500,000 Ultimate Poker Challenge and never heard back, but I guess it worked out because had I gotten an offer, I would have become ineligible to play and win money at the casinos.

philliivey wrote: »

anyone know how to become a poker dealer?
I am thinking of trying something different in terms of occupation since i am going nowwhere in my current one.

13CARDS

philliivey wrote: »

thank you 13 cards

how did you learn to become one? also is this how you got hired? Do they put you through a course or do you need experience? i have the poker experience but the dealing side would prob need some work.

This takes me back...

I started in Halifax, NS when the casino there was getting ready to open in 1995. I applied for what I thought was the only position I could with no experience (I was only 19 at the time and had never even been in a casino). I got hired by Sheraton and was trained in Mini-Baccarat...exclusively!! I eventually added Let-It-Ride and then Blackjack to my repetoire before returning to school. Once I realized that university was not for me, I got back in the "biz" by working on a ferry that had a small casino for two summers. I met my wife there (10 years ago already?!?) and we got hired by Carnival Cruise Lines. By this time, I was adept at all casino games except craps (which was still illegal in Canada). With Carnival, I was a Dealer, a Supervisor, a Slot Tech, a Host, a Cashier, Assistant Casino Manager and Casino Manager. It was while working on the Carnival Victory that I heard that Fallsview was being built. Having added craps to my resume, my wife and I knew it was time to "jump ship" and live back on land. I worked at Great Blue Heron for 8 months before coming to Fallsview as a part-time dealer. In short order I became a full supervisor, got certified in Poker and now spend almost all of my time in either the Poker Room or the Salon Prive (our High Limit area).

I have never dealt poker in a casino.

In this business, be willing to move to move up and be ready to do your time "in the pits" before you spend all of your time in Poker.

Now.... back to therapy after that memory trip.

poy

I know that right now brantford is looking to hire something like 90 dealers.. They will train anyone who is enthusiastic, willing to work pretty much any hour of the day, part-time (which is 5 days a week right now). You should also be free of any criminal record, especially anything pertaining to fraud, as you must secure a license before they will offer to train you. Some people have even had trouble getting a license because of a questionable credit history.

You would not be dealing poker right away. They only train new dealers for blackjack, and 'house' pokers like caribbean, 3-card, let-it-ride. They offer courses after work hours for other games.

I don't know if it's a great career move for a poker player.. I wouldn't want to work as a short-order cook because I liked eating.. Dealing to some of these people day in and day out can really get to you, and the true sociopaths at the table live to make your day miserable... worse yet, some of them deal at other casinos.

philliivey

thanks guys!!

just looking into and getting info on the subject.

13 cards and therapy???? was your life then that bad?

blondefish your prob right, i know i can do better just playin and being better then everyone else:) , as my 1st place 100 thousand 839 people mtt win on full tilt last year proved it.

Unknown

You won $100,000 in a tournament on Full Tilt last year?

DP_Machine

I've been a poker dealer, myself, for roughly 2 years now. One of my uncles used to deal for the charity casinos before they got shut-down in Ontario, but I learned a lot from him. It's more of a family business for me here in Toronto where my cousins have made our own tables and then we get hired for such things as stags and private events where a bunch of guys just want to have a more official poker night and not worry about the logistics of playing the game and dealing cards. I haven't actually dealt at a casino. Just no time and not looking forward to driving 1-1.5 hours to the nearest location.

But most of the time, other gaming companies that run mostly corporate events (especially this time of year with end-of-year and Christimas parties) hire my family we get hired out just to deal cards for fun-nights. This is where I learned most of my dealing, as well as learning the basics by dealing at family gatherings. It may not be as concrete and as lucrative as dealing in a casino, but it's more of a part-time gig for all of us anyways.

If you're looking for a full-time gig at a casino, just make sure you get all that licensing stuff out of the way once they give you an offer. Good luck and I hope you find a placement somewhere!

philliivey

all_aces wrote: »

You won $100,000 in a tournament on Full Tilt last year?

yes devo, partly because of you, i was hearing your voice and johnny t's in my head while playing, that and everything was going my way that day, but nowadays not so good , after poker night live left i feel confused and lost now.

Unknown

$100,000 real money dollars??? Why on earth were you playing $2 SNG's on PNL then?

Hobbes

all_aces wrote: »

$100,000 real money dollars??? Why on earth were you playing $2 SNG's on PNL then?

Cause they were loads of fun....:)

philliivey

Hobbes wrote: »

Cause they were loads of fun....:)

yes what hobbes said

very very rare you could get enough people for the higher limit tables, the 2 dollar ones were the most popular. outside of those went to 20 dollar limits.

hoping to go to higher limits someday soon if i get back into poker, the wpt episode yesterday inspired me and brought back memories of how i played. But i am one of those people who dont see the point in spending like 500 or like 2 grand for a buy in.

pokrgod

I dealt at Casino Niagara from April 05 to November 06. I had formal training and was certified to deal 10 games. I got laid off last year. Although i loved the job, don't do it. You make great money when you work but getting anything but a contract position is difficult. Also, if you only have poker, casinos around here will not touch you. You must have blackjack, one of the pokers (3 card, 4 card, carribean, pai-gow, let it ride) at the very least to get an interview. wonderful job though. learned a lot about reading players while i worked. now i play against most of them. It's almost not fair lol :js :jd

BlondeFish

For those who are willing to be a dealer outside Ontario, read http://www.tworags.com/index.php?ACTION=blogs&todo=view&ID=1103. The blogger went to a dealer school and got a job at the WSOP in Atlantic City.