Introduction

Now, the thing with dealing is dealing has a lot to do with policies and procedures. Everything the dealer does is a procedure and readability is key. This is what dealing is all about. The manual and systematic manner in which the skill dealer controls the game. All actions by a dealer requires specific, predetermined motion. The dealer must complete certain actions at certain times following a set procedure. Things are not done on a whim by the dealer. These actions have been standardized by casinos to bring a level of protection into the game. This is the most important tool the casino has to maintain the integrity of the game.

Now, typically, casino supervisors are accustomed to seeing the game dealt in a particular manner. Any variation would indicate that something's wrong and should trigger alarm bells to the supervisor. The floor, cameras and players must be able to see and understand all of the dealer's actions at all times. This calls for readability, cleanliness, and order when dealing the cards and paying bets. Each action must be laid out for all to see and read.

Now I know most of the students that are reading this are dealers for casino parties. But some of this information is relevant for casinos as well. So if you decide to move on to a casino, you'll have the core skills needed to achieve a job at one of the casinos. Now one of the things is there are core games and there are carnival games.

So an example of a core game would be blackjack, roulette, craps, mini baccarat, and pai gow poker. And a couple examples of the carnival games would be Ultimate Texas Hold'em, High Card Flush, Three Card Poker, and Let-It-Ride. Those would be considered carny games. Now, as a dealer, the more games you know, the more valuable you are as a dealer. So when you're trying to get a job, if you know more games, it'll be more likely that you'll be hired versus someone else.

Now, there is going to be homework. It means a lot of at home practice. And the reason why is because a lot of what we do as dealers have to do with muscle memory. It's doing the same actions over and over again, to the point where you don't even think about it anymore, and it becomes automatic. And the only way that happens is hours and hours of practice. But we are going to give you the skills needed to practice at home to make sure you're doing it right and to make sure that you are getting those muscle memory skills that you need to deal the game in a nice, orderly fashion. When you build up these muscle memory skills, when you deal, you don't have to think about actually dealing. You don't have to think about the game. You could sit there and you could talk, and have fun. You could chat with the players, and you deal the entire time. It's completely muscle memory. You don't even think about it. And when you get to that point as a dealer, it makes this job so much fun because all you're doing is talking with people and having a good conversation and just listening to amazing stories. You're not even thinking about dealing anymore.