Just wondering if you had to take the training or class in order to get a dealing job in Vegas?? Is it a requirement in most casinos, and is it the best way to kind of get your foot in the door?
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Just wondering if you had to take the training or class in order to get a dealing job in Vegas?? Is it a requirement in most casinos, and is it the best way to kind of get your foot in the door?
No that is not true. You need to be able to pass an audition. That's it. Whether you went to school or not is not required although I'm sure it's encouraged. The number 1 thing Vegas casinos look for is experience. A dealer straight out of school or w/ no experience will go to the bottom of the list.
Getting a poker dealing job is difficult because the supply of positions is way down and the number of dealers w/ 2+ years experience and laid off is way up. That is going to be your biggest hurdle.. getting ahead of these dealers.
As a dealer w/ no experience you will likely have to put in your time at a shit hole card room for a year or 2 before dealing somewhere where players actually tip.
As a poker player in a card room and nothing else you are likely unaware of what really goes on behind the scenes in these poker rooms and I'm talking about most of the bigger ones.
Card room managers are known to only hire their friends. They are known to accept bribes for jobs. They act as if they are gods over other peoples lives w/ things such as the schedule. If they feel like fucking w/ you.. you will be on graveyard or a shift w/ no games. You can be fired pretty much at any time.
Dealing poker is a good job financially but it's not all it's cracked up to be. Working in a casino, you work w/ degenerate alcoholics, drug addicts, uneducated ppl, and this wears down on you. It's a very negative environment to be around such depressing people. You also get a lot of verbal abuse from the players as well as YOUR COWORKERS!! This too wears on you. You will be in a world where no one cares about you.
But the money for what you do is very good. I'll attest to that. Best of Luck!
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No that is not true. You need to be able to pass an audition. That's it. Whether you went to school or not is not required although I'm sure it's encouraged. The number 1 thing Vegas casinos look for is experience. A dealer straight out of school or w/ no experience will go to the bottom of the list.
Getting a poker dealing job is difficult because the supply of positions is way down and the number of dealers w/ 2+ years experience and laid off is way up. That is going to be your biggest hurdle.. getting ahead of these dealers.
As a dealer w/ no experience you will likely have to put in your time at a shit hole card room for a year or 2 before dealing somewhere where players actually tip.
As a poker player in a card room and nothing else you are likely unaware of what really goes on behind the scenes in these poker rooms and I'm talking about most of the bigger ones.
Card room managers are known to only hire their friends. They are known to accept bribes for jobs. They act as if they are gods over other peoples lives w/ things such as the schedule. If they feel like fucking w/ you.. you will be on graveyard or a shift w/ no games. You can be fired pretty much at any time.
Dealing poker is a good job financially but it's not all it's cracked up to be. Working in a casino, you work w/ degenerate alcoholics, drug addicts, uneducated ppl, and this wears down on you. It's a very negative environment to be around such depressing people. You also get a lot of verbal abuse from the players as well as YOUR COWORKERS!! This too wears on you. You will be in a world where no one cares about you.
But the money for what you do is very good. I'll attest to that. Best of Luck!
Well my experience is actually very good as I have been dealing local home games for over a few years now. Thats why I asked about the "audition" thing and see if that was true. I feel that if I did get an audition I'd be hired but if you say that they only hire their friends and take bribes I guess it would be hard. Dealing at home games makes more money then they make at casinos I believe, its just at some point I figure I need to actually try and work in a "legal" enviroment and make just a few less bucks.
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Well my experience is actually very good as I have been dealing local home games for over a few years now. Thats why I asked about the "audition" thing and see if that was true. I feel that if I did get an audition I'd be hired but if you say that they only hire their friends and take bribes I guess it would be hard. Dealing at home games makes more money then they make at casinos I believe, its just at some point I figure I need to actually try and work in a "legal" enviroment and make just a few less bucks.
this reminds me of the seinfeld episode after one of the times george got fired..he and jerry were sitting in jerrys living room discussing georges potential job opportunities...fucking hilarious
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this reminds me of the seinfeld episode after one of the times george got fired..he and jerry were sitting in jerrys living room discussing georges potential job opportunities...fucking hilarious
if you guys have played at a "home" game, or a better way of saying it would be an "underground" game, then you'd understand its pretty much the same thing as dealing at a casino. Obviously I can't put that on my resume or nothing, I'm just saying with the places that give auditions, I'm sure it would be a breeze
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if you guys have played at a "home" game, or a better way of saying it would be an "underground" game, then you'd understand its pretty much the same thing as dealing at a casino. Obviously I can't put that on my resume or nothing, I'm just saying with the places that give auditions, I'm sure it would be a breeze
Yes.. If you show up at an audition, it will be obvious the second you pick up the deck if this is your first rodeo or your 1,000th but once you've gotten through that, a second audition-er will ask you where you've worked and then how good of a dealer you are will be irrelevant. You're better off saying you're a chip or food runner in a casino then a dealer of underground games. #1 underground games are illegal. #2 Your dealing at an underground game can not be verified.
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Yes.. If you show up at an audition, it will be obvious the second you pick up the deck if this is your first rodeo or your 1,000th but once you've gotten through that, a second audition-er will ask you where you've worked and then how good of a dealer you are will be irrelevant. You're better off saying you're a chip or food runner in a casino then a dealer of underground games. #1 underground games are illegal. #2 Your dealing at an underground game can not be verified.
You mean playing cards with your friends? Yeah, Vegas won't give a shit about that. 
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