Poker Dealer Schools

[Felting]

Anybody been to one? How much does the average dealer make? Just kicking around some ideas for a career change.

[zinn0]

I would suggest getting in contact with General Sal.

Also, wasn't there some other dude who posted here for a while out of Cali who was a dealer?

[MJJ]

raisbot deals at ceasars

[lwestatbus]

I'm a college professor facing limited summer teaching as Florida's budget spirals into the toilet. I was considering dealing at the local dog track or the casino boats leaving out of Port Canaveral. But they required a school that was six months long!!! I'd spend more time at the school than I'd spend working.

Somebody told me (might have been a General Sal post here) that the community college system in Las Vegas (Clark County?) has dealer courses that were pretty reasonable.

[xDiamond_CutteRx]

I'm a college professor facing limited summer teaching as Florida's budget spirals into the toilet. I was consider dealing at the local dog track or the casino boats leaving out of Port Canaveral. But they required a school that was six months long!!! I'd spend more time at the school than I'd spend working.

Somebody told me (might have been a General Sal post here) that the community college system in Las Vegas (Clark County?) has dealer courses that were pretty reasonable.

You can make more playing Poker than you can dealing, if you don't mind a little risk.

[raisebot]

Work has been really dead lately, I've been lucky if I can get a total of 4-5 hours, per week.

[lwestatbus]

I'm still toying with this idea. The President is expected to sign a new GI Bill that gives really generous educational benefits to post-911 vets, including vocational training. This is at the same time that Florida's college budgets, including summer teaching continue to spiral downward.

It would be a hoot for me to use these benefits to attend dealer school as a 54-year-old grandfather. The benefits also pay a housing allowance so I may be able to treat the whole experience as a vacation. My folks live in Vegas so I could come out there if there is a 6-8 week course.

Diamond's comments are pertinent. I'm up $400 this month (at $2/4 limit) with a lot more play due to a slower summer schedule. We have a local dog track with a large and active card room and three casino boats that leave from Port Canaveral, just fifteen minutes from the house.

[Felting]

Make sure u have no skeletons in the closet, or you may not be able to get a job as a dealer. Being a teacher though, you are probably well vetted already.

[Azirapheal]

wasnt sure what the rules are on vetting people over there, i know at my place of work we actually run poker dealing schools for pretty much free. although the expectation is that you will work with us for a long time (you also dont get paid during training for this reason)

tbh any good training school (and we have been classed as a pretty f*cking hot standard) should be 1 week solid (6hrs a day) chip handling and pot limit/5cd training. once you know 5card draw inside and out and the pot limit mechanics its basically a day each on plo 7cs (incl limit which takes all of 5 minutes to teach) PLTHE cash game rake etc

and on the last day just make sure your traineees knowthat no limit is just pot llimit with no cap on any bet.

total time taken 2/3 weeks + a week live training (tournaments only under supervision)

at least this is what i did before we opened, now deal every damn game we have to offer and have the likes of devilfish ulliot, dave smith and paul action jack jackson counting me as amongst their fave dealers 'worldwide'

99% of it though is your attitude at the table, the ability to keep a cool head with complicated sidepots raking and personalities and still keep a 40+ hph and banter going is paramount to an enjoyable game.

Azir