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What is the membership fee/charges? Dealers and players are required to be members of the International Card and Game Players Association (formerly the Arizona Card League). Membership dues are $20 per year and your membership is good at any location, present and future, of ICGPA-licensed card rooms. You must show picture identification when you sign up and you must be at least 21 years of age. In addition to the annual fee, costs of operating the room are covered by a $2 button charge, which is paid by the player on the button (dealer) prior to any bets, antes, or blinds being placed on the table, and before any cards will be dealt. This charge may be waived at management's discretion for promotional events, and may also be reduced if the number of players at the table drops. This serves as a rental fee to use the facility, chips, cards, table, and chairs for the length of one hand. Only the dealer will handle the pot during a hand. The pot in its entirety will be awarded to the winning player. It is a felony to remove money from the pot, and we will not change your pot odds with an illegal "rake" of your winnings! Tournaments are exempted from the button charge, but instead there will be a 10% league sanction fee up front, as well as a "dealer appreciation add-on", which will be optional for additional chips at the start of the tournament. The add-ons will be split among the tournament dealers. What games will you be playing? Demand will determine what types of games are available and an interest list will be maintained and honored in the interest of available space and competent dealers. The most popular game at the moment is $1/$2 No-limit Hold'em. The button charge is not affected by the stakes of the game. Please click here to see our schedule. Do you need dealers? We have sufficient dealers to cover our current schedule, but, we are gathering interest for dealers to volunteer. You will get to keep 100% of your tips and will receive them immediately when you trade your chips in. Due to high demand, we are only accepting properly trained dealers and preference will be given to those competent in dealing more than just Hold'em. You will be required to audition and if you are selected to deal, you will be required to become a member of the ICGPA and maintain current membership status. Your right to deal games may be revoked at any time. You will not be considered an employee or contractor of the card room, but the card room will maintain a schedule of when you should be present. Can you tell me about your security procedures? We can tell you about some of them. The players' money will be stored in a locked "cage" room with camera monitoring. In addition, the entire room will be monitored by multiple cameras. On busier nights, professional armed security will be present. The games themselves will be monitored by cameras installed directly over the tables so that if any disputes arise, the footage can be reviewed and a ruling made. Anyone caught cheating, whether it be a player or a dealer, will be permanently barred from the all ICGPA-licensed establishments and their membership immediately revoked without refund. |
