Brian's new poker job

[eddo31]

im not sure that becoming a dealer is the best move. i am sure that you enjoy poker, but as a dealer you dont actually play. in general, you just get to hang around with a bunch of assholes that abuse you. the actions of many players are just completely unacceptable, and they are usually taken out on a dealer. are you ready to have cards thrown in your face, and just sit there and take it?

im not sure that i would make a move to vegas based upon this principle. if you live near any type of card room now, i would reccomend that you try that first, but i would be wary of becoming a dealer when what you probably want is to play poker yourself. there is a big difference

[BrianSwa]

Ive dealt in customer service for many years so pissed off people dont bother me in the least. Actully ive dealt a couple times and I enjoy it as much as playing and the money is much much better then what im getting paid now im getting sick or relying on others to help me when I get in a jam with bills or whatever. I feel the time in my life has come when I got to do something for my family. I appritiate your comments though thanks.

[johnbaker]

yeah eddo is right, u cant make much of a career through dealing, and you will have to deal with some MAJOR bullshit. isnt worth it unless you love to watch poker played in front of you.. im sure u could really improve ur reads a lot, but i would probably get sick of poker if i could just watch and not play for hours and hours.

-jB

[BrianSwa]

alot of the pro's started of dealing but im not doing it for that reason the job pays very well and I dont mind watching it. Mainly doing it for family, need a new carrer this one is just not cutting it.

[Frontin]

How much does a dealer get paid in vegas? Taking into consideration the insane amount of rake that B&M's take in ... and the tips, which the dealers apparently split ... and the costs of running a casino ... I can't imagining it being super high, otherwise more people would end up working as dealers ... but I hear they get great benefits though

[Defendant]

Pay itself tends to be on the low end, but tokes generally make up for that, especially at higher limit tables. Its kind of like a waiters job: Shitty pay, but good tips make up for it.

Defendant

[BrianSwa]

tokes average about 50k a year which is double my salary now.

[omahilo]

$700 to become a dealer? I would be all over that... ALOT of pros started out as dealers... Gavin, Fischman, Awada... I dunno what you would do for living expenses till you get going since Im sure living in LV is expensive. Im a college student and if that doesnt work out for some reason I know what my next goal in life would be... dealing what else. Anyways I say go for it if you can, you will get to see so many hands... and if you can make 50K a yr, thats good too lol.

Remember the golden rule, always leave yourself outs. You dont want to be driving Knish's truck! lol.