What you will learn.

Eight skills, trained together

Every part of the job is trained hands-on, in live simulated poker environments, until it holds up under real-table pressure.

Card handling, shuffling and pitching. The foundations: clean shuffles, smooth pitches and consistent technique under pressure. This is the first thing a floor manager watches, and it is drilled from your very first session.

Chip handling and bet building. Stacking, cutting and counting. You'll manage the pot with accuracy, speed and confidence, until reading and building bets becomes automatic.

Poker hand rankings and game flow. Learn the game from the dealer's seat, in every hand and every situation. You'll always know whose action it is, what is live, and what happens next.

Running full hands start to finish. From pre-flop to showdown, you manage every stage of a live hand cleanly: the deal, the burn, the board, the action and the pot.

Cash game and tournament procedures. Two formats with different demands. You'll be comfortable working in both, from blinds and antes to table changes and breaks.

Pots, side pots and split pots. The trickiest part of the job, calculated correctly every time without hesitation, including multi-way all-ins.

Dealing speed and accuracy under pressure. We train speed and accuracy together from the first session, because cardrooms expect both. More hands per hour, dealt cleanly, is what makes a dealer valuable.

Professional table conduct and cardroom standards. The composure and professionalism that gets you hired and keeps you working: how you carry yourself, handle players, and keep the table under control.

How it's taught

Nothing on this list is taught from a whiteboard. You learn each skill by dealing, with real-time correction from our founder, hundreds of hands across the 10 weeks. The full training method is on the course page.

After the foundation course

Certified graduates can add the optional advanced Omaha module, covering Pot Limit Omaha dealing, split-pot scenarios, and advanced game formats. Details are on the outcomes page.