Mark Hult believes dealing cards to casino patrons will be a good deal for him.

The 21-year-old Salem resident is among a dozen prospective dealers learning blackjack techniques under the tutelage of Trinity Savage, a four-year veteran dealer from Canonsburg who works as a floor supervisor at Live! Casino Pittsburgh in Hempfield.

“It seems like something I could make a career out of,” Hult said of dealing cards, adding, “It seems like a fun way of meeting people.”

It’s a new direction for the Greensburg Salem High School graduate, who has held a food service job for seven years while discovering his original plan of pursuing a career in computer science wasn’t the right fit.