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Originally posted by aimeesweet
Do you have to be good at dealing to be good at poker? If so do you have any pointers to improve dealer skills?
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Not at all. I firstl learnt how to deal, then how to play. I'd been playing silly wildcard games all my life (my father was and still is a weekly high-stakes pot limit player), but until I deal Holdem in 1989 I'd never heard of it.
Improving skills is something that takes time, but you can do it while playing. Keep a running total of the pot at all times. Work out the rake, the jackpot drop.
Above all, always PAUSE for a brief amount of time before burning and turning. In that pause - ask yourself "Have I forgotten anything".
It's just practice.