Casino Croupier/Dealer courses in ireland?

kingsizeman

Does anyone know about a casino croupier/dealer course in ireland?
Or Texas Hold'em dealers school?

Ramiriquez

Try these guys

http://www.pokerireland.ie/

kingsizeman

Not only one hour a week..
If you find something else let me know

RoundTower

pretty sure there is nothing like this, try the UK.

the_pits

You could try these people
http://www.casino-education.co.uk/
or
http://www.casinotraininguk.co.uk/
or
http://www.casinotraininguk.com/
or even .........
http://www.blackpool.ac.uk/gaming
or maybe

http://www.seefarassociates.co.uk/
if they are not good try
http://www.croupiertraining-pct.co.uk/
other than that I'm lost

kingsizeman

Ramiriquez

google is your friend

mormank

kingsizeman wrote: »

no nothing in ireland im afraid. just go the uk route...

bohsman

Difficult to go the uk route, courses are 3 months and expensive. Try talking to someone in Cool Hand Lukes, they were talking about starting a school and did train up a few of the poker dealers for table games, they may be willing to do a course.

kingsizeman

bohsman wrote: »

Difficult to go the uk route, courses are 3 months and expensive. Try talking to someone in Cool Hand Lukes, they were talking about starting a school and did train up a few of the poker dealers for table games, they may be willing to do a course.

Cool Hand Luke's, is it the old Merrion club?
Ill try that.
Do they have a website?

Cuban Son

The Emerald Casino on Eden Quay is advertising croupier training-don't have a number for them.
Your probably better dropping in after 7pm.

Hope this helps.

hotspur

You know it's good money running these courses in many parts of the world. Given that casinos will be legal in Ireland in the near future it will be a more accepted and higher profile occupation in respect of people thinking about doing it. Some of you dealer folk might be well advised to start up a proper commercial counterpart to the British croupier training firms. You might make some decent money with it in the long term, hard to say, but it's not exactly rocket science.

bohsman

Yes Cool Hand Lukes is the old Merrion. Website isnt updated very regularly. http://www.coolhandlukes.ie/

fishmonger

Cuban Son wrote: »

The Emerald Casino on Eden Quay is advertising croupier training-don't have a number for them.
Your probably better dropping in after 7pm.

Hope this helps.

i dropped into eden quay a while back an there was no signs of any course starting...

...but i was searching the internet an came across wat seems to be a pretty legit irish company.

heres the link www.iga.ie

hope this one helps

kingsizeman

fishmonger wrote: »

i dropped into eden quay a while back an there was no signs of any course starting...

...but i was searching the internet an came across wat seems to be a pretty legit irish company.

heres the link www.iga.ie

hope this one helps

Thank you fishmonger.
Dunno y i didnt find it before,
Well i contacted them and it seems that they are just the thing i was
looking for,
They do the lot, poker and gaming courses, wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii...
Thanks Fish.
(this one helped!)

headphone

not sure if this will help but here goes..

usually the best way to learn is to get thrown in at the deep end, a few months ago i was unemployed and was searching fo work on the net when this came my way.. no exp necessary dealers wanted for new online cam based betting, holdem and roulette thingy.

Anyway the site is dublin /bet /dot /ie. you should have a look they are based in the city center . You will learn fast there

I dont know you circumstances but maybe you could try a part time position there..

Trish and Mac

Hi Kingsizeman!

Did you end up going on a dealing course with the link given?
Is it very expensive?
What kind of experience do the teachers have, are they Irish?
I'm very interested in this school, l tried to call today, no reply on a Sunday, i'm particularly interested in the fact they can maybe help you get a job when you finish school.

Any info would be great!

Thanks,

Trish and Mac.

bohsman

Ive found out who is behind the iga, I have no doubt that the courses will be very well run and they will certainly be able to at the very least point you in the right direction for a job if they dont actually affiliate themselves with a few casinos.

Trish and Mac

What do you mean you have found out who is behind iga?
Are they familiar with the casino business or is it like a training by mail course?

Trish and Mac.

CHD

Trish and Mac wrote: »

What do you mean you have found out who is behind iga?
Are they familiar with the casino business or is it like a training by mail course?

Trish and Mac.

Is there 2 of you?

bohsman

They are very familiar with the casino industry in Ireland and abroad, the courses will be held live, a croupier course by mail definitely wouldnt work.

CHD

bohsman wrote: »

They are very familiar with the casino industry in Ireland and abroad, the courses will be held live, a croupier course by mail definitely wouldnt work.

Any ideas where these are held?

bohsman

Dublin city centre.

elshambo

supposed to be good in blackpool england, nearly did it a few years ago, lasts 6-8 weeks if i remember rightly

blackjackguy

elshambo wrote: »

supposed to be good in blackpool england, nearly did it a few years ago, lasts 6-8 weeks if i remember rightly

Hi. Why to go to blackpool if you live in Dublin? I have recently finished course with iga and honestly i was very surprised the way they lead me through training. they are friendly the good way when they show little bit of their professional lifes and pass some knowledge on you. The web is www.iga.ie And they took us to casino and commented the games there with suggestions what every dealer/croupier done right and wrong.
Kept my chips after i finished.
Enjoy

lillou

i heard their one week holdem course is really good.

but i found when training to be a poker dealer that you need about two/three hours of being shown how to shuffle and handle chips, all the rest is practice and learning rules.

pokerbratz

We are currently recruiting texas holdem tournament dealers nationwide as our tour is going fully dealered shortly, we offer €15ph with an 8 hour minimum per event, experience-good sense of humour-and reliability a must. all staff paid nightly @ the event, transport a plus but not essential,call Mike @ 087 9109841 if interested

pgodkin

headphone wrote: »

not sure if this will help but here goes..

usually the best way to learn is to get thrown in at the deep end, a few months ago i was unemployed and was searching fo work on the net when this came my way.. no exp necessary dealers wanted for new online cam based betting, holdem and roulette thingy.

Anyway the site is dublin /bet /dot /ie. you should have a look they are based in the city center . You will learn fast there

I dont know you circumstances but maybe you could try a part time position there..

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MrPreachan

Not a school as such, but Ian (donkeypokertour) offers training if you PM him.

pgodkin

CHD wrote: »

Any ideas where these are held?

its held on the Quay really close to smith field if you know that area u might know of a nightclub/pub called voodoo its over that.

i contacted them about rates and stuff got an email back this morning

All Full Trainee Courses Include:
Black Jack/ Roulette/ Three Card Poker/ Texas Hold’em Poker/ Omaha Poker @ €1200

All Poker only Courses include:
Texas Hold’em Poker/ Omaha Poker @ €400

All Gaming Tables only Courses include:
Black Jack/ Roulette/ Three Card Poker @ €1000


i don't think thats not a bad rate for learning a new skill, but im just wondering would this be reg worldwide???

bohsman

Itd be more expensive in Britain.

If you did the poker course youd have your money back in less than a week.

Kimba

If you did the croupier course it would only be useful in this country. Only Uk trained croupiers are licensed. (USA different license). Makes it easier to get jobs abroad or on cruise ships as most want licensed dealers nowadays.

In saying that the UK Gaming Board have made it easier again with the new 5 year license so that people can freelance.

If any legislation comes in here licensed dealers would be the way to go.

D.C.C

Hi,
I have worked in casino's for 10 years all aound the world.Just a bit of advice for you.If you want just to work in Ireland then i can say this course will be ok for you a bit expensive but they have to put lots of time and effort into the cousre so all in all not too crazy a price.But without a guaranteed job it's not that good IMO.
If you fancy a career out of Ireland then the U.K is the way to go.Not all places charge you.Some casino's will pay you to train then you are guaranteed a job,licenced and with 6 months+ experience you will be ready to move on and find work anywhere you want,probably a year and you'll be employable everywhere.Companies won't even finish reading your C'V if you do this course in Dublin and apply for jobs.
If you want any information and your serious about working in a casino,PM me and i can help you finding what's right for you.

mouzey

i e-mailed the irish gaming acadamy about 5 times about training to be a croupier and iv heard nothing back at all.
are they still around cause the websites still up?
maybe they have no courses happening for a few months but id like to know when they have some starting