I saw that the Mizrachi family opened a dealer school in Hollywood. Was wondering if any1 had a review/recommendation on the Mizrachi Dealer Academy or another school in the area. Thanks a lot for your time guys!

All of the 'new' dealers I've seen in Hollywood are pretty bad so I imagine the dealers school are pretty poor as well.
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Before anyone goes to a dealing school, check with the poker room/casino you want to work for. They may offer free training. If nothing else, they will give you some idea of what you need to get in the way of training in order to work for them.

Graduating from a dealer school DOES NOT mean you will be hired anywhere. It can help to have a good instructor teach you the basics but you still have to pass an audition to get a job.

Thanks for the insight DG......was still wondering the best schools (if any) in the area. I'm definitely going to be gettin on the horn here soon.

Of course if you go to a school, you want to go to the best one available.

A couple of years ago, on another forum, someone in Florida spoke of going to school. He spent $1,100 and graduated from the class. He then found out that there were no openings anywhere close to where he lived.

Did he attend a high quality school? Probably, but it didn't matter since he failed to do his homework first.

The best advice offered here is to pick the casino or casinos you want to work in, get to know dealers and floors, make friends, play some poker there, be friendly. Remember, you are always interviewing for your next job.

After a few visits, let them know you want to be a dealer, ask them the best route to take. If you do it right, you should get heads up notice about openings coming up.

If the casino training their own people, great. If they don't, your new friends will be able to make some recommendations about the best schools to consider.

Thanks again dg. I spoke with some of the managers in the area. Holds true that the rock hires from within. Seems like the best bet would be to get any job at all in any casino and hope to get a transfer into the poker room after 90 days. But like you said.....I would definitely like to get the best training.