Getting money into and out of an online poker site can be a little
tricky. In the US, most of the large banks have decided to stop
performing credit card transactions for online gambling, and they include
online poker in this category. Your Visa or MasterCard is probably issued
by one of these big banks. Paypal has also left the market. In their
place, several other companies have stepped in to provide this service.
The most reputable of these new financial processors is NETeller, a
publicly-traded Canadian company. NETeller provides a service very
similar to Paypal's. You have an web-based cash account that you can use
to transfer funds to and from your bank, your credit card, an online
merchant or an online poker site. Since NETeller is not in the business
of online gambling, the credit card issuers are happy to do business with
them.
FirePay is another web-based cash account similar to NETeller and Paypal.
Their reputation for customer service is worse than NETeller's and they
charge a $5 fee for withdrawals. Therefore, we don't recommend FirePay.