PokerStars Exchange

Welcome to the ChipMeUp PokerStars Currency Exchange - a unique tool which enables you to buy/sell PokerStars tournament dollars and exchange it for cash for you to use as you please.

To buy/sell PokerStars currency to the ChipMeUp Poker Currency Exchange, follow this simple process:

• Select the currency you wish to trade.
• Enter your desired amount.
• Click 'CHECK' to confirm the amount you will receive from PokerNews.
• If you are satisfied with the amount, complete your transaction by clicking 'NEXT'.

Frequently asked questions

If you win a satellite on PokerStars and you are able to Unregister from the event you are supposed to play, the amount will be transferred to your W$/T$ account. The W$ or T$ can then be used to play in any other event, but using the ChipMeUp Online Poker Currency Exchange will turn your W$ or T$ into cash so you can withdraw it or use it in the cash games.

Any amount subject to availability.

Any amount subject to availability. Once we have a thriving market, we will we able to offer discounted seats to major events!

We will pay 92% for W$ and 97% for T$. So if you you would like to sell your T$200 entry into a tournament, we will pay US$194 for it. If would like to sell your W$750 entry into an event, we will by it for US$690.

We will sell you W$ at a 99% rate and T$ at 99.9%. So if you would like to buy W$1000 for an event, you will pay US$990. If you would like to buy T$500 to use in tournaments you will pay US$499.5.

To sell (and soon to buy) your W$ or T$, you simply complete the deal above, and then request the transfer from the PokerStars client (which is very simple). Details on how to request the transfer from your client will be emailed to you after you make the request above or you can find them below. Once you have requested the transfer, ChipMeUp will request the same transfer on our end automatically. When PokerStars have the two matching requests, they will move the W$/T$ and US$ between our accounts. PokerStars handle all the transfers so there is no risk to you.

When you have made the transaction request above, you need to make the request in PokerStars. You do this by following these steps:

1. Login to your PokerStars software.
2. Go to the "Requests" menu, then "Trade Tournament Money", then "Sell Tournament Money" (or "Buy Tournament Money" when we make this option available).
   
   
   
   
3. Select T$ or W$
4. Put "pokernews" (without the quotes) into the "Sell to"/"Buy from" field.
5. Put the amount of T$ or W$ you are selling/buying.
6. Put in the price of the transfer as calculated when you made the transaction request above.
7. Submit the request by clicking "OK"
   
   
   
   

If you have any queries, please write to us via our contact page.