Instant Poker Deposit Options

There are a hundreds of different poker deposit options to consider when making a real money deposit at a poker site, but some of these take time to “process”, this article is focused on instant poker deposit options and lists the different methods that you as a poker player can use to get your real money funds on to your poker account instantly.

For a start there is VISA, nearly all online poker sites in existence process visa deposits instantly, this is why “VISA Poker” is so popular. The fee’s are fairly low for VISA based deposits and players from selected countries at most poker sites cash choose to withdraw funds using VISA as well. PokerStars, the worlds largest poker site, charges no fees for using VISA when depositing real money or cashing funds out.

The second most popular, instant poker deposit option is Neteller. Although it takes up to a week to create and “activate” a neteller account it is one of the safest poker deposit options. Funds are transferred from your credit or debit card (or even bank transfer although this isn’t instant) to your neteller account, from which you can instantly move funds to your favourite online poker site instantly! The top Neteller Poker site is, Betfair Poker.

Another instant poker deposit method is Moneybookers, this works in a similar way to how Neteller operates (you have to create an account prior to depositing) but this is worth the hassle, if you think you will be moving funds between different poker sites.

Instant US Poker Deposit Options

Players from America can use “e-Checks” to deposit funds to PokerStars. These allow you to play with your poker funds immediately, although it takes up to 10 days for funds to be removed from your bank account. You should note that for these 10 days, you cannot request a  cash out from PokerStars, this is done to reduce the risk of fraud. PokerStars accepts American players and is also the easiest poker site for Americans to make a deposit at, this is closely followed by Cake Poker.