RONAN LEONARD

Ronan has a wealth of experience in the entertainment industry beginning with a long stint on the world’s best cruise ships including the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. These years saw him manning the casino tables on ocean liners from Europe to Australia, which really fed his passion for travel. During this time, Ronan identified an opportunity within the Australian entertainment industry. In particular, he noted the lack of high quality, professional casino entertainment available for private or corporate entertainment. It also didn’t help that the cruise ship he was working on – the Oceanos – began to sink after being damaged during a storm off the coast off South Africa (check out the footage on YouTube). Thinking that this might be a good time for a career move, the idea for Blackjack Knights began and Ronan was soon building his own business in Australia.

Ronan has over a decade’s worth of professional experience and he knows that there is a lot more involved than simply dealing cards across a blackjack table or spinning a roulette wheel. Fun and entertainment is definitely the order of the day for any fun casino and this is something that Blackjack Knights provides in abundance.

As for Ronan, when he’s not working fun casinos or re-enacting The Poseidon Adventure, he likes to play poker and drink red wine – but not necessarily at the same time.

DEAN JENKINS

Dean’s experience with casinos and poker spans well over a decade and covers a broad area of entertainment including casinos as well as cruise ships such as Carnival Cruise Lines, which unlike Ronan’s experiences, managed to stay afloat. These years have resulted in Dean perfecting his skills as a poker and blackjack dealer and also developing in the challenging role of casino manager. Dean has entertained all sorts of crowds in his time and continues to do so, even having only a short break after fracturing his wrist before he was back doing what he does best – dealing blackjack and poker.

During his down time, Dean loves to play golf and poker. The race is on to see whether he makes it to the Australian Open or World Series of Poker in Vegas first.