The reality is that if you live in the US and are relying on internet poker for money that you seriously need, you should be very careful and cautious about both the amount and the method of your withdrawals from your internet poker accounts.

I know that there's a lot of claims about how this is not illegal, and I am not saying that if a court case comes down the courts will necessarily side with the Feds, but the fact remains that as long as the Feds CLAIM it is illegal, have a plausible argument on their side (which they do with the enactment of UIGEA as well as the earlier Wire Fraud Act), and are interested in cracking down, they can make life very difficult for US internet players.

So as I said, if the money in your internet poker account is money you need, you should be very careful.