Playing Online Poker - Depositing into a poker account with Neteller
Depositing into a poker room account for the first time can be daunting for a new online poker player. Using a Neteller.com account for deposit and withdrawl from your poker account is a good secure solution.
Fears about security and online transactions hold many new players back, either continuing to play with play money or sticking with their poker home games. Continuing to play with fake money will not make you a better player infact it's virtually guaranteed to make you an awful player.
By following a few sensible precautions real money online poker will provide hours of potentially profitable entertainment 24hrs a day without organising visits to the casino or trying to fix up a successful home game.
Tips -
a) Only choose a recommended & reputable poker site -
Some of the smaller sites are fine (some are not) but by sticking with household names or new sites with a reputable backing you are unlikely to have problems with security and withdrawing your winnings.
Most sites are completely trustworthy - If they are busy and succesful then clearly winners are getting cash outs or else they wouldn't play there.
It's worth remembering online poker is a highly profitable business for the honest sites and they make more money being honest - it just isn't in their interests to rig the cards or cheat the players of their winnings.
b) Deposit with Neteller.com
Some poker rooms no longer accept credit / debit cards - certainly US players are very limited as card companies and recently PayPal no longer process gambling transactions.
Neteller (and also Firepay.com) have become the preferred choice of players and poker rooms alike. Opening a Neteller account is easy and free. It basically operates like an online holding account often referred to as a wallet which is then linked to your bricks & mortar bank account.
Using Neteller allows you to transfer funds from you bank account into a Neteller account and then from there into any of your poker playing accounts and most importantly back again. This not only cuts out the need to use a credit / debit card over the internet but also gives you a way to keep track of your total poker bankroll.
c) It's also an idea to get a separate your poker bank account -
If your using Neteller then this is effectively done for you, but you could have a separate bank account / debit card for you poker play. This helps
with bankroll management and makes it easy to keep track of how much you are really spending / profiting. It's not an absolute must but not a bad idea especially if you are depositing direct from a card, you then limit the damage in the unlikely event that you have problems with online security.
d) Downloading poker room software (see my other articles) and depositing -
Pick out a few recommended sites you like, check out the software in play money and from there go to your account - sometimes called "cashier" or bank where you can deposit securely online either from your neteller account or if a non US player from a credit / debit card.
Trust me if your playing fake money once you've played for real money you will never look back - so long as you never play with money you can't afford to lose, play within your limits, keep it safe and secure and only use the reputable and recommended sites - you can't go wrong.
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