"The Dealer Shoe" - a Star City Invention
Instead of pitching the cards to the players solely by hand, as is the custom in all of Las Vegas and in practically every other poker-playing city in the world, the dealers at Star City use what tournament director Danny McDonagh calls a "dealer shoe."
The unique device both looks and works quite similar to what would be the equivalent of a sawed-off blackjack shoe. The dealer slides each card off the shoe and pushes it to the receiving player, with the card never catching air, effectively eliminating the likelihood that the cards are ever exposed. McDonagh, who estimates that he's played approximately 50-60 sessions of poker at Star City, told PokerNews that he's yet to see a single card exposed by a dealer. The shoe was invented and patented by a pair of dealers who reside in Sydney and work for Star City.
You might also notice in the photo that the burn cards before the turn and river are placed directly under their respective face-up counterparts. McDonagh explained that this method is employed by Star City in place of the action of a dealer pounding his or her fist on the table to notify players that the action is complete and the next card is on the way.