Archive for May 19th, 2010

How I Changed into a Twenty-one Dealer

Becoming a Pontoon croupier was probably the best profession decision I ever built. I experienced been jumping from work to task doing data-entry and the like, and I was bored to death. Sitting behind a desk in front of the computer all day just wasn’t "doing it" for me. Not to mention the shell out wasn’t that excellent either.

So, after becoming laid off from my last occupation, I hit the classifieds and saw an ad for a Black jack dealing course. I was a little bit skeptical, considering it could possibly be a few "fly by night" outfit wherever they carry my money, I carry the training course and nothing comes of it. But soon after I called their head office and asked them about the organization, I discovered that the course was for one of the most favorite casinos in the reduce mainland! They were extending their several hours and required Lots of croupiers.

I’d just been to Vegas to the very first time a few months prior to and I wagered a little Black jack. It looked easy enough so I figured "how difficult could it be to offer?" At the occupation interview, which was basically to sign up for the training course, I discovered that it was not all that simple. I was given a short written examination to determine if I could, in simple fact, count card totals and figure Black jack payouts. I must’ve done okay because I was called back several days later to acquire the four week course.

It was rather intense. Six days a week, 7 hours a evening inside a tiny room with low ceilings plus a dozen Pontoon tables. There ended up about 100 other men and women from all walks of lifetime taking the course together with me and for your 1st week, all we did was count card totals and have lessons around the rules and procedures of Pontoon. Through the end of the first week, we have been dealing actual games. Believe me when I say that there is certainly A lot more to it than you think. I was completely blown away at how much there was to learn, and just how much I even now had yet to discover.

When we reached the end of the last week, there could well be the dreaded Table Test. If I failed that, I’d be done. Luckily, we ended up likely to be using it twice, and the ideal score would be taken. I was in the last group to bring the initial test and I was much more than a minor nervous. I knew I’d failed that morning for sure and I drove property considering about every one of the faults I made. The following day, I felt much better and knew what it was I had to do to be able to pass. When the examiner tried to "trip me up" with the faults I had created the day time before, I handled it flawlessly.

I had to wait virtually a week previous to the graduation, and I was literally tearing my hair out. The deal was that if they called me just before then, I’d failed. My dad believed it could well be amusing to tell me that "someone called looking for you" when I had come home from being out. Really funny. NOT. But, since I in no way got "the call", I showed up for my certificate and I was on my way to becoming a dealer. I was lucky enough to get the place about ten minutes from my house and I was excited to start what just may possibly be a life-long and fulfilling job.