Course Title: Casino Poker Dealer
Hours required: 100
Price: $1,395
Length course offered: N/A
Instructor: Nick Ciavarella [Bio]
Description:
World Wide Gaming Academy and GES have partnered to bring you this nationally recognized Poker Dealer online training course. We will teach you everything you need to know in order to become a Professional Poker Dealer. You will learn all the required fundamentals 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. Our online training will prepare you for a new and exciting career as a casino card dealer. After successfully completing the Casino Poker Dealer online training course, the advisors at the World Wide Gaming Academy will assist you with job placement and support. They will proactively assist you with your job search by posting your personal online profile, complete with a video "audition" necessary to showcase the valuable skills you've learned. This online certificate program is offered in partnership with major colleges, universities, and other accredited education providers.
Goals:
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.
Grading System:
Confirmation of Completion awarded with passing score.
School Description:
Offered in connection with a college or university near you, our self-paced, online career courses are designed to launch you into your dream job.
Begin your course anytime. Textbooks are included, and you will have access to student support via phone, email, and chat 24 hours a day.
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Instructor Bio: Nick Ciavarella
Nick Ciavarella became a certified poker instructor in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1979. He worked as a poker dealer at the Marina, Treasury, Silverbird and Tropicana resorts in Las Vegas. He was a floor man and shift boss at the Tropicana. In 2003, he returned to Buffalo, NY, and opened the first poker room in Western New York for the Seneca Nation of Indians in Irving. Mr. Ciavarella has trained many of the successful poker dealers currently employed in casinos in New York, California, Nevada, Florida, Oregon, Illinois, and West Virginia.
