Get Yourself An Online or E-Wallet
I wanted to be able to keep my poker cash away from my 'own' money, and saw adverts for Neteller and Citadel and other online payment systems (if you're familiar with Paypal, they're like that, but for gamblers). I chose Neteller almost at random to be truthful, but I've been pleased with their efficiency and customer service. They are extremely helpful and courteous.
So I opened my Neteller account and then started to draw my winnings to it, because poker.com had started to lose some of its appeal, purely because I was becoming more involved in other poker sites, such as
Sporting odds and
Blue Square. I was as nervous as hell because I was expecting the worst, but I ended up having a nice wedge (by my standards) sitting there waiting.
An exception to my 'keeping cash separate' rule occurred when Pocket Lady and I decided to join in with the monthly MTT's. Unfortunately
Sporting Odds don't have Neteller facility, so we both transferred £10($17 approx.) from our bank into our
Sporting odds poker accounts.
We have both had small wins in the dollar up and safety net MTT's on there.
Incidentally, some bookies automatically link your account between their sportsbook, casino and poker sites (such as
Blue Sq), but with others you have to use customer support to transfer from sportsbook to poker (Sporting odds being one of these, in my experience).