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Becoming a Blackjack DealerWebsite Gambling Article by - - Jul 4, 2006 How I became a Blackjack dealer Becoming a Blackjack dealer was probably the best career decision I ever made. I had been jumping from job to job doing data-entry and the like, and I was bored to death. Sitting behind a desk in front of a computer all day just wasn't "doing it" for me. Not to mention the pay wasn't that great either. So, after being laid off from my last job, I hit the classifieds and saw an ad for a Blackjack dealing course. I was a little bit skeptical, thinking it might be some "fly by night" outfit where they take my money, I take the course and nothing comes of it. But after I called their head office and asked them about the company, I learned that the course was for one of the most popular casinos in the lower mainland! They were extending their hours and needed LOTS of dealers. I'd just been to Vegas for the first time a couple of months before and I played a little Blackjack. It looked easy enough so I figured "how hard could it be to deal?" At the job interview, which was basically to sign up for the course, I learned that it wasn't all that simple. I was given a short written test to see if I could, in fact, count card totals and figure Blackjack payouts. I must've done okay because I was called back a few days later to take the four week course. It was pretty intense. Six days a week, seven hours a day in a small room with low ceilings and a dozen Blackjack tables. There were about 100 other people from all walks of life taking the course along with me and for the first week, all we did was count card totals and have lessons on the rules and procedures of Blackjack. By the end of the first week, we were dealing actual games. Believe me when I say that there is A LOT more to it than you think. I was totally blown away at how much there was to know, and how much I still had yet to learn. When we reached the end of the last week, there would be the dreaded Table Test. If I failed that, I'd be done. Luckily, we were going to be taking it twice, and the best score would be taken. I was in the last group to take the first test and I was more than a little nervous. I knew I'd failed that day for sure and I drove home thinking about all the mistakes I made. The next day, I felt better and knew what it was I had to do in order to pass. When the examiner tried to "trip me up" with the mistakes I'd made the day before, I handled it flawlessly. I had to wait almost a week before the graduation, and I was literally tearing my hair out. The deal was that if they called me before then, I'd failed. My dad thought it would be amusing to tell me that "someone called looking for you" when I'd come home from being out. Very funny. NOT. But, since I never got "the call", I showed up for my certificate and I was on my way to being a dealer. I was lucky enough to get the location about ten minutes from my house and I was excited to begin what just might be a life-long and fulfilling career.
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