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Excitement, glamour and a well paying job await you in your new Casino Career. An average Poker dealer working in a Casino can make $35 - $40 per hour including tips! Casinos employ enthusiastic and energetic people with a flair for handling difficult situations, who love working with people and are fast learners. In addition to posting more than $32 billion in gross gaming revenues in 2006, the 460 commercial casinos in 11 states directly employed 366,197 people. These employees earned a total of $13.3 billion in salaries, including benefits and tips, which equates to a 5.6 percent increase over 2005 figures. Now that’s growth!

This highly interactive online training program will teach you everything you need to know in order to become a Professional Poker Dealer. You will learn all the fundamentals required, including: shuffling, how to handle cheques, limits, Seven Card Stud, Omaha and of course, how to deal the most popular card game today, Texas Hold ‘Em. After graduation from our Poker Dealer class, we will continue to support you. Put Johnny Chan’s reputation to work for you when you begin a new casino career. As with all of our students, we play an active role in your job search by posting your personal online profile, complete with a video resume showcasing the valuable skills you’ve learned in this program. Our instructors have years of combined industry experience and are committed to helping you become the best Casino Poker Dealer you can be.

Our Casino Poker Dealer program is aimed at teaching students the appropriate methods, techniques, and mannerisms necessary to gain employment within the Casino Industries table game’s environment. Students will be responsible for viewing online streaming instructional videos as well as recording and submitting video examinations demonstrating proper game techniques and protocols. Two written examinations (a mid-term and a final) will be given throughout the program. Interactive video emails facilitate student instructor interaction, creating the opportunity for students to have their skill progression visually critiqued by a professional poker dealer instructor. Students will receive their own deck of cards and chips as well as a fold out poker felt and a web camera to attach to their computer. Upon graduation, the student will have the opportunity to record a streaming video audition to be saved and used in their job search.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this program, students will:

• Be familiar with the rules and regulations of the game of Poker
• Achieve a heightened level of physical and professional dexterity relating to the necessary nuances associated with the physical skills of becoming a casino poker room dealer. (i.e. shuffling, dealing hands, managing wagers and choosing winners.)
• Gain the proper knowledge necessary to achieve a level of professionalism required within a casino card room.
• Be given the opportunity to interact with other students and professors in real time, managed group environments.
• Visually demonstrate to an instructor the skills necessary to adhere to the requirements and standards set for a professional casino card room dealer.
• Receive the tools, industry contacts, and confidence necessary to land rewarding casino employment.

• Card Handling
• Spreading the Cards
• Shuffling the Deck
• Boxing the Deck
• The Dealer’s Grip
• Cheque Handling
• Handling Cheques
• The Rake
• Table Fees
• The Bank
• Soft Break Change
• High/Low Split
• The Game - Part 1
• Poker Terminology
• Table Layout
• Rank Order of Hands
• Table Stakes
• Betting Procedures
• The Game - Part 2
• Antes and Blinds
• Dealing the Game
• Rules
• Texas Hold ‘Em
• 7 Card Stud
• Omaha
• Professionalism
• Customer Relations
• Game Security
• Dealer Expectations
• Casino Personnel