PokerStars has introduced restrictions on transfers and withdrawals. Everything and a little more about the deposit and withdrawal of money from PokerStars Minimum withdrawal of funds from Pokerstars

PokerStars has repeatedly stated that one of the most important tasks in management is to ensure the safety of players' funds, and that is why it was decided to keep cash players on separate company accounts . This is done so that you can request your funds for withdrawal at any time and receive them in full in the shortest possible time.

However, unfortunately, the PokerStars poker room is designed mainly for its European users, so many withdrawal methods used in Russia are not supported here. In order to withdraw funds, the following conditions must be met:

1. The account from which you are going to withdraw funds must be verified, that is, all your data, including full name and address of registration, must be documented.
2. Withdrawing money from PokerStars is possible only in the same way as the account was replenished. That is, if you used your VISA card when replenishing your balance, then you can also withdraw money only to this card.

On this moment in Russia you can use one of the following withdrawal methods from PokerStars:

• VISA cards with obligatory Credit Fund Transfer support. It is best to use the usual VISA Classic, and for greater convenience, activate a multi-account in order to be able to transfer money from one currency to another, since deposits in rubles are not possible at Poker Stars, as well as withdrawals.
• NETELLER– withdrawal of funds to this system is possible only if you have replenished your account through it before. Withdrawal time is up to 7 days.
• Yandex money- probably the most convenient way withdrawal of funds from PokerStars in Russia. The lowest commissions, the fastest withdrawal time - up to three days. We recommend using this method of withdrawing funds.
• Skrill (Moneybookers)– withdrawal time through this system is up to seven business days, excluding holidays and weekends.
• Single Wallet- is also a fairly popular way to withdraw funds from Russian players. The time here is the same as through other methods of withdrawing money - up to seven business days.

If the balance on your PokerStars account is registered in dollars, and you withdraw money to a card account registered in rubles, then PokerStars will automatically convert the currency into rubles at the current Reuters exchange rate on the day of withdrawal.

In addition, if you replenished your account more than 6 months ago, then this method replenishment will no longer be relevant for you. And then in the case of ordering the withdrawal of funds, they will go the other way, which may result in the expenditure of an additional commission. Therefore, in order not to end up in such a situation, we advise you to do at least minimum deposit once every six months.

How to order a withdrawal - player reviews about PokerStars

For that, to withdraw money from your account, you need to go to the PokerStars application, go to the "Cashier" section and click on the "Withdraw funds" button (). After that, you need to write in the window the amount you plan to withdraw, and click the “Submit” button.

However, it should be taken into account that withdrawals from PokerStars can only be made 48 hours after the last deposit. Therefore, before ordering money for withdrawal, make sure that two days (and preferably more) have passed since your last deposit.

And in conclusion, we add that if the amount of money ordered for withdrawal does not exceed the size of your deposit, then the withdrawal will be carried out automatically within a few minutes. That is, for example, if you replenished your account with $100, lost $20 and want to withdraw the remaining $80, then such a withdrawal will be carried out almost instantly.

But if the withdrawal amount exceeds the size of your deposit, then the company leaves itself up to three days in order to make sure that you honestly won this money. However, in most cases this is just a convention.

A few days ago, instead of the usual “Available” line, players in the cashier of the poker client got two: “Available” and “Available for withdrawal” ( grand total and Available to Withdraw respectively).

"Available" is all the money you have on your balance, including winnings, deposits and transfers from other players. Everything seems to be logical here.

But the amount in the "Available for withdrawal" field for some players may be less than the total balance. It displays the funds that you can currently withdraw or transfer to another player. The amount is individual for each player and depends on whether you used this money for the game or not.

There were no announcements from the representatives of the room, no official news either. Users learned about the innovation after the fact when they tried to withdraw funds. In fact, it's not even new. The rules of the room say that the funds must be wagered. Rather, it can be said that before the players were given indulgences: if you played regularly and were not too fond of transfers to other players, that is, they did not give you a reason to regard your actions as commercial, then everything was fine. Players had the opportunity to withdraw or transfer funds to friends two days after the deposit. There was no need to play them. And now you have to.

We quote the rules of the room (and at the same time the answers of technical support):

Players are prohibited from withdrawing or transferring funds received from deposits until these funds have been "wasted" at least once.

Player-to-player transfers are subject to the same wagering requirement. The funds received from the transfer must be used for the game before they can be withdrawn or transferred to another player.

Please note that the requirement to wager deposits and/or funds received by transfer is not rake related. All eligible funds simply must be used to play games on our poker, sports or casino sites on a 1:1 basis.

And now what?

If you used to just play, exchange money from time to time and did not do backing, then essentially nothing has changed for you. One way or another, you "scroll" your money before withdrawing it.

But backers and those who love betting and exchanges will now either have to win back the funds received, or use other methods. For example, transfer money through payment systems.

For GipsyTeam players there are special conditions when registering in three payment systems: Skrill, Neteller and ecoPayz. You can read more about each of them on our forum:

PokerStars offers its real money players the ability to transfer funds to another account using the transfer. This feature is implemented at Poker Stars much better than in most other online poker rooms. Money transfers, as a rule, are carried out within ten minutes, and in most cases process takes less than five minutes. In order to transfer real money to another player on PokerStars, you need to know Player ID - Nickname and the country in which he lives (best of all, if this player also has an image installed - then you will immediately understand that you entered the nickname correctly).

Below are the translation instructions real money to another player from the cashier in personal account at PokerStars.

1. Launch the PokerStars poker room client installed on your computer and go to personal account in the poker room. (if you do not have an account in the poker room yet, then click on the button on this page and register an account). After the PokerStars personal account opens, you will see the button " Cash register» at the top on the right side of the program.
2. After clicking on the " Cash register» A new window will open containing a large number of information and various functions are presented. On the right side you will find the button " Transfer to player» ( it is located after the buttons "Deposit account", "Quick deposit", "Withdraw funds" and "Funds awaiting withdrawal").
3. By clicking on the button " Transfer to player» Another window will open, in which you must specify the transfer amount and the recipient's nickname. Enter the required data. Please note that PokerStars has restrictions on transfers to other players in the poker room. you can translate no more than $215 per day, no more than $300 per week and no more than $500 per month. Here you can also specify additional instructions for the support service.
4. After filling in all the data necessary for the translation and clicking on the "Translate" button, another window will open. Here you need to check that you have entered the correct amount and nickname. For easier identification, the country of residence and the user's image are indicated next to the nickname. If you are 100% sure that you have entered the correct data and are ready to transfer, click on the "Yes" button. If with your account and everything is in order with the recipient's account, then the funds will be transferred within ten minutes. Each of you will receive a notification e-mail, by which you can understand that the transfer was successful.

After these simple manipulations, the amount of your funds in the cash register will decrease by the corresponding value. Please note that PokerStars does not charge any fees when transferring funds to other players.

The service of transferring funds from the user's cash desk in the personal account to another player is another reason why the PokerStars poker room is so popular among players around the world. Make sure you know who you're transferring money to, otherwise poker room support may freeze your account - PokerStars is very good at spotting scams.

Other useful features are also available at the PokerStars cashier, such as a quick deposit, multicurrency, adding play chips and much more. Good luck at the tables!

You can replenish your gaming account in the following ways: either through the mobile client of the room, or in the personal account of the stationary client program. The mechanism for replenishing a stationary cash desk and a mobile web cash desk is the same.

Below is step-by-step instruction PC applications.

Congratulations! Now you know how to put money on PokerStars correctly and quickly.

And pay attention to some of the nuances when making deposits:

• WebMoney is the only one of the services that takes money for a service commission.
• Deposit methods for players from different countries, as well as from fixed and mobile clients may differ. You can check in more detail what is available and to whom in the “Cashier” menu.
• If you are new and making your first deposit, PokerStars has developed a special bonus code for the occasion. How to recognize it and what it gives the player, we wrote in this article.
• Quick Deposit - a feature that allows the player to replenish his personal account, as they say, without leaving the cashier. Rather - from the gaming table. To set up a quick deposit, the player should do everything as described in the instructions above, and before clicking "Submit", check the box next to "Save payment details and make a quick deposit".

How to withdraw funds from PokerStars?

We figured out the replenishment of the account, now it's time to find out about withdrawing money from PokerStars. The mechanisms of action are very similar. See for yourself:

If you want to withdraw money from PokerStars, pay attention to the following important nuances:

• The withdrawal policy implies the mandatory indication of personal information (in particular, date of birth and citizenship).
• You can withdraw funds as often as you like, but with the only condition: for the duration of the operation, the player should not have unfinished similar operations.
• For each payment system it takes its own processing time:
• If the amount is not more than the amount previous deposits that the player withdrew from Yandex.Money, Neteller, PayPal, Skrill, then the funds will be credited to the account in a couple of minutes.
• If the funds withdrawn by the player using Yandex.Money, Neteller, PayPal, Skrill, INSTADEBIT exceed the amount of previous deposits, the operation will be processed and completed within the next 72 hours.
  • Within 72 hours, the funds that the player withdraws to Visa card with support for CFT, EntroPay and Instant eChecks. Upon completion of processing, the money is credited to the account within 3-10 business days.
  • Within 72 hours, the funds that the player withdraws to WebMoney, Qiwi, Coin are processed.
• Remember what exists minimum amount withdrawal and input (usually starts from $10). Each method has its own, you can find out the numbers at the checkout.

Now you know everything about how to deposit and withdraw money at PokerStars. Playing poker is easy: fund your account, sit down at the table, win and withdraw real money!

Rumors surfaced this week of a change in PokerStars policy regarding withdrawals and transfers between accounts. Today we decided to look into the situation and analyze how the innovations will affect the players of the largest poker room.

A few days ago, the first messages from users appeared about the appearance of a new field "Available to Withdraw" at the PokerStars box office. The amount in the new field reflects the part of the funds that is available for withdrawal from the system:

Traditionally, PokerStars notifies its users in advance of upcoming changes on major English-language forums, but this time the company's managers decided to ignore the announcement. Therefore, we decided to get an official response from PokerStars support:

De jure, PokerStars simply legitimized the pre-existing rule on mandatory wagering, but earlier it was interpreted more plastically. If you played on the site regularly and did not abuse commercial transfers through the client of the room, you had the opportunity to withdraw the balance of funds after 48 hours without wagering it, or transfer money from account to account immediately after the deposit. This week, the company decided to remove this "life hack" for those who used PokerStars as a "payment system".

Who will be affected by the changes?

Players who use their account in the room for commercial activities will suffer from innovations. First of all, this group includes backers, exchangers and fans of public marathons. Now, in order to withdraw your profit from a successfully purchased share, a perfect exchange, or after a successful bet, you will have to wager full amount transfer at the poker tables (or in bets / casinos). And those who do not want to create traffic will have to pay a small commission in Skrill / Neteller / ecoPayz (i.e. use payments instead of PokerStars for their own purposes, ed.).

According to preliminary calculations, for full access to funds, during wagering, you need to pay ~ 2% of the rake of the deposit / transfer amount.

For ordinary players in the room, almost nothing will change. If you have previously used your account only for gaming, then your "real balance" and "balance available for withdrawal" will almost always match, so don't worry.

Innovation also has its advantages. The introduced restrictions will create a number of problems for fraudsters and will have a positive impact on the PokerStars ecosystem as a whole.

First reviews of the "chest system" in Denmark

Much more important for casual players are the upcoming changes to the VIP system at PokerStars. As we wrote earlier, new scheme with random rakeback is currently being actively tested on the Danish pool, where players were the first to experience all the “charms” of innovations. So, users of the English-speaking forum Reddit from Denmark are already sharing their first impressions:

“PokerStars has introduced a new rake system in Denmark, where I currently live. A little background: I am an NL50 low/midakes grinder. Traditionally my stakes have been lucrative, mostly because of the rakeback.

The new system uses chests, which become better and more expensive with each new level. To get the first chest, you must earn the equivalent of 1 step for GoldStar. Gradually, the number of required points becomes more and more (1000 ---->3000 ---->7000 points). After 2 days of grinding this weekend on 4 NL50 tables, I earned 2 gold chests (7000 points each).

Previously, I would definitely have earned more than $100 in rakeback. Guess how much I got by opening the chests? 15$. I haven't had much luck with the RNG, but who the hell wants to deviate from their direct rakeback? I just deposited $1,000 of my partypoker bankroll and left Stars.”

There is still a small hope that PokerStars will abandon new system if the test results in Denmark are judged to be "strongly negative". However, in preliminary releases, company representatives have already promised to distribute the new VIP program to .com servers, and it is not yet clear what could interfere with the company's plans in early July.