Whether you live in the United States, Canada or a few other countries, you’ll be able to use instant eChecks as long as you have a checking account with your bank. If you don’t have a checking account then you’ll need to open one with your bank before you’ll be able to begin playing poker. Almost everyone has a checking account although some of you younger poker players may only have a savings account if you’ve never worked before.

When you want to make a deposit into your poker account the first thing you need to do is click on the eCheck deposit option within the poker room cashier. You’ll be prompted to enter certain banking details so that the poker room’s payment processor can complete the transaction. All eCheck deposits are processed instantly so that players can start playing right away. The actual transaction isn’t debited from your bank account until a few days after you’ve made your deposit.

There will never be a fee when you use an eCheck as a deposit method unless you bounce the eCheck by not having enough funds in your bank account when the transaction goes through. You can also process withdrawals using eChecks with your poker room, which means receiving your money couldn’t be any easier. You won’t need to worry about paying any fees when you make a withdrawal either when you use an eCheck as your withdrawal method.

eChecks have become a lot more popular in the online poker world over the past couple years because of how easy it is for players to send and receive money. Some poker sites still haven’t started offering this deposit option yet, but in the next couple years I’d expect almost every poker room to accept eChecks. By using eChecks you don’t need to use any other payment processor other then the poker site you’re playing with. When you use an e-wallet service to fund your account you need to use multiple processors and it’s slightly more risky then simply using eChecks.

The best site for playing poker and depositing with echeck would be SportsInteraction for the moment