Looking at consolidating withdrawls, deposits and transfers to one eWallet a/c. Following questions crop up:

1. I see with some - perhaps all - eWallets you can have additional emails on the account. I use several different emails for different sites and rakeback providers. When transferring funds from poker sites or Rakeback sites do they crosss reference the email addresses therefore needing me to add the different emails or is it done just with the poker site & eWallet account names and passwords.

2. Also can, for example, my wife transfer her deposits etc onto the same eWallet if she plays on the same site as me but different account screen name etc. My worry here is potentially causing a red flag for two different emails processing to one account and to the Poker site it looks like multi accounts for one person. Basically gone through a few hoops to get this far and don't want to blow it and get frozen and don't want the Mrs to go through all this aggro too if she can easily use the same eWallet I've set up, if allowed by all parties.

Each different player account requires its own unique e wallet account.

What!!! I thought the whole point was that you could use the eWallet to transfer between different sites where you'll have multiple different names etc. Also the eWallet I signed up to definately says no multiple eWallet accounts for the same person.

Maybe I wasnt clear. Each different PLAYER on the SAME site needs a different unique e wallet account.

Hope that makes more sense.

So for example- if you and your wife both had an account at Cake, you would need 2 different e wallets. But, if you had one account at cake, and another at a Hope that makes more sense.

Correct. To question #1, it wouldn't be a problem to have differnet mails accs for poker room(s) and eW. The eW mail acc will never be submitted to the room(s).

If you're not from US, I'd recommend Neteller or Moneybookers. I love Neteller - no fees, instant transfers, good support, prepaid Mastercard, supported by most sites/rooms, very quick and secure - they just rule.

Also if you're in the EU and are more often transferring funds from room to room than cashing out, I'd recommend to have a USD eW acc, and opposite. Currency changes and Mastercard cashouts/payments will be charged with fees.

With Stars you can deposit/withdraw directly to your bank account. Why do you want a "middleman" in there taking a cut of your profit?

Because if you bonus whore or otherwise move money from one poker site to another, an eWallet is sometimes easier. And cheaper, if your native currency isn't the same as your poker room accounts.

how else can u cash out? bank wire, or cheque?

Well I'm from Germany, and to my knowledge there are basically no limitations.

The cheapest way (e.g. on PokerStars) is via Direct Bank Xfer (USD->EUR conversion according to Reuters, + 1% fee) but it takes about 5 days for the money to be available in my bank acc; the fastest way (almost instantly) would be via Neteller prepaid MasterCard, however they charge additional fees for ATM usage but not for direct MC payments (iirc - actually I don't have a MC yet). Never tried a cheque.