> There have been numerous posts about Poker Stars not paying players who are
> trying to withdraw their money.  However, there might be another problem at
> Poker Stars.  I have talked to three people recently who said they deposited
> money electronically from their checking accounts to their Poker Stars
> accounts but Poker Stars did not do the electronic withdrawal from their
> checking accounts to cover the deposits.  One guy said it's been almost four
> weeks since he did the deposit on Poker Stars but the money is still sitting
> in his checking account.  Now usually Poker Stars collects the payment for
> deposits within a couple of days so maybe they are having some kind of
> system problem. Now here's the question the guy asked me and I'll pass it
> on.

> He says he has a separate checking account that he only uses for online
> poker deposits.  He had $500 in his account and deposited $500 in his Poker
> Stars account.  Money transferred OK and he's been playing it on Poker
> Stars.  So now, nearly a month later, the $500 is still sitting in his
> checking account.  What could Poker Stars do if he just withdrew the $500
> and closed the account?  With all the current controversy and negative
> headlines about online poker/gambling, how aggressive is Poker Stars really
> going to be in trying to collect their money?  What's your opinion?

> Irish Mike