Echeck on 04/26/11.
Received 04/29/11.

req: 4/26 e-check

still pending today, well past the 72-hour mark...no response from support or security after i've sent emails days ago...i've sent in documents as well...tried pm'ing pstars steve, waiting on him to respond...i'm usually super-impressed w/ stars support, but this is the first time they've been lacking for me...i suppose they are busy, but i'm still a bit disappointed.

Hey guys. I spoked to another member by PM and he said he did not withdraw his whole amount because he planned to relocate to another country.

Stars sent him an email that said you are allowed to cashout part of your balance and cash out the rest on a later on date.

Can someone else confirm this as well?

That's me I actually saw another guy posting a similar email from stars - that's where I heard that stars allows partial cashout. So at least there are two people who can confirm this.

Email from PS:

"Thank you for contacting PokerStars.

In light of recent developments, PokerStars is no longer offering
real money play to US residents, or residents of US territories.

The PokerStars Cashier is now available for you to cash out the
funds in your real money account balance, which was the number
one priority for PokerStars.

PokerStars is currently working with the US government to achieve
an agreement on what can be done with FPPs. Players may be
allowed to use their FPPs in the VIP Store as normal in future,
however no final decision has been agreed.

Rest assured, should you choose to await any decision prior to
cashing out, your real money balance is completely safe.

We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

Regards,

Joe DD
PokerStars Support Team"

finally got an email from pokerstars about my cashout on 4/26, i sent in documents (ID and bank statement showing address) even though i was not prompted...i no longer have a message on my pending transaction saying to contact security@pokerstars, instead it looks like a normal pending cashout transaction...hopefully this gets approved quickly and i get my funds in a timely manner like i'm used to w/ stars

Good to know there are others still pending since 4/24 like me.

just got approved, they sent me an email, no longer pending, hopefully will hit my bank early next week

Cancelled and resubmitted 4/29 at noon, approved 7ish 4/30. Didnt have to re-enter info. Expect I will see the money Mon or Tues morning.

4/27/2011: requested PS cashout via Direct Bank Transfer
4/29/2011: money is in my account (total was < $500)

I just got a second email, so I guess that means the money will come next week.

Boom. Just checked my account and was pleasantly hugely suprised that the money was there yesterday. Thank you Pokerstars! Now how I wish I could only play on your site. The best. Bar none. Nobody is close. End of story.

Not sure if this has been mentioned yet, but isn't it highly likely that wherever the money from all these withdrawals is going will be fully known to the US government? Like they have to be tagging and tracking all of these transactions, right?

The DoJ wants them to pay us out... they are allowing it.

If you're worried about it being tracked, and your taxes are all up to date, you have nothing to worry about.

okay can someone answer these questions.

I spoke to 2 members here by pm and they did partial cashouts of their account balance. One of them sent an email to stars and stars send them one back and said you can cashout partial balance and cashout the remaining balance at a later time. He and the other poster tells stars that they plan to relocate and thus want to have their stars funded and just want to withdraw partial amount.

When i asked stars about this, they tell me

As you are aware, PokerStars is no longer offering real money play to US residents, or residents of US territories. We therefore request that you cashout your entire real money balance right away. This should be done in a single transaction and no funds should be left in your account.


Why are they telling me one thing and telling another poster another thing? And when they say they request, that doesn't mean its REQUIRED RIGHT?


Has anyone done multiple echeck withdraws even if it was for very low amounts such as $200 and $300?

Also, can someone tell me what it reads in their bank statement for the echeck withdrawal?

Hit my account this morning. Great work Stars.

Pokerstars Credit

How long does a security check take? I sent in docs a few min ago.

Requested 4/28
Received 4/30

Request bank wire 4/27 still no word as of yet.

I had 640,000 FPPs on Black Friday and a balance of around 20k.

I was preserving my FPP's because Stars is famous for offering
late in the year surprise bonuses, and didnt want to miss out.

Two days after Black Friday, I converted 500k FPPs to cash for
8k.

Last weekend, I attempted to cashout approx 28k...They requested
proof of ID, etc (for the 3rd time since ive had my acct). Monday
it was approved, Thursday it hit my bank acct.

Now just waiting on my 140k remaining FPPs....but so far so good.

"Credit Pokerstars" followed by a bunch of routing/transit numbers

For the record, I cashed out from Stars via Direct Bank Transfer on 4/27/11, and the funds show as cleared in my checking account as of 4/29/11. Pretty awesome.

Requested DBT: 4/26 (Stars asks for Docs)
Docs Send: 4/27
Cashout Approved: 4/28 (no longer pending)

Funds still haven't hit bank account. Anyone else using a bank that sponsors a pretty big bowl game? How long did it take between approval and bank account for DBT?