PokerDealer
The qualification

A credential that proves it.

PokerDealer certification is real evidence you can deal — drilled to standard and verified by exam, so you turn up to the audition ready and put something concrete on your CV. At the top, it’s a certificate mailed to your door and a place in the dealer directory.

PokerDealer certifies
Career Dealer
has completed the full dealing curriculum
Issued 2026PD·7F3A·C9
What it proves

Not a quiz badge. Earned.

Every certificate stands for real work — the mechanics drilled hands-on, then tested.

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Drilled to standard

You learn on live tables and real dealing drills — the pitch, the pot, side pots, rulings — not by watching a video.

Verified by exam

Each course ends in a graded, server-marked exam. You pass at 80% or you don’t — the certificate means you did.

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Checkable by anyone

Every certificate carries a unique code a room or organiser can verify in seconds. No taking your word for it.

The certification ladder

Four levels. Climb as far as you like.

Each tier is its own certificate — and each one builds on the last, all the way to the full credential.

1
FoundationFoundation Dealer

Certifies you can run a clean Hold’em game — the pitch, the board, the pot, the muck, the rotation.

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ProfessionalProfessional Dealer

Certifies you can deal every variant and handle the math — Omaha, Stud, split pots, side pots, pot-limit and the common rulings.

3
TournamentTournament Dealer

Certifies you can run a tournament floor — the clock, chip races, table balancing, tournament button rules and the TDA rulebook.

CareerThe full credentialCareer Dealer

The complete credential — game protection, de-escalation, the audition and getting hired. Comes with a physical certificate mailed to you and an opt-in listing in the dealer directory.

Verification

Real, and provably so.

Every PokerDealer certificate has a unique code. A cardroom, a tournament organiser, or a hiring manager can look it up on a public page and confirm exactly what you earned and when — no forgeries, no doubt.

The Career Dealer credential is verifiable this way too, alongside its mailed certificate.

Career Dealer — verified
Issued 2026 · PokerDealer.org
Why it matters

Built to help you get hired

Casinos hire on your audition — the certification gets you to the table ready and gives them a reason to trust you.

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Audition-ready

You’ve drilled the exact mechanics and rulings a tryout tests — so you walk in able to demonstrate them under pressure, not hoping to wing it.

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CV-ready

A verifiable credential and, at the top tier, a physical certificate and directory listing — concrete proof to put in front of a room that’s hiring.

Honest about what it is

A PokerDealer certificate proves you completed and passed a rigorous curriculum. It is not a government gaming licence, and it isn’t a guarantee of a job — casinos still hire on the audition, and licensing is issued by your local regulator. What it gives you is the skill, proven, and a credential a room can trust.

Earn the credential.

Start at Foundation and climb, or go all the way to Career Dealer — certificate mailed, listing live, and verifiable for good.