Summary
Poker Nordica was launched in 2007. It is part of the Merge Gaming Network and is licensed by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission. It currently accepts US players to its site. Poker Nordica offers some exciting bonuses and promotions including a worthwhile sign up bonus, new player freerolls, a royal flush bonus and added money multi table tournaments. They also offer an impressive 30% rakeback. Their game selection is excellent with more games than most online poker rooms offer.
Software
Poker Nordica is powered by Merge Gaming software. They are in continual development so poker Nordica is seeing updates relatively often. The software is available in English, although they have a Danish site as well. The graphics on the site are excellent and the software includes features such as emoticons to personalize your game experience. You can lower graphic resolution if you are experiencing any problems. Other useful features include the ability to take player notes, expandable tables and the rabbit feature. You can tag other players with up to eight tags, including fish, buddy, on tilt, easy, champion, shark and bluffer, and you are also able to see if your opponent has won any tournaments. The lobby of the site is generally easy to get around and the site has high playability with clearly marked buttons.
Traffic
During peak hours, Poker Nordica sees approximately 7,000 to 8,000 cash and tournament players. Lots of new players are being attracted to Poker Nordica all the time due to their excellent bonuses and promotions. This results in many inexperienced players at the site and therefore plenty of soft play. Most of the traffic can be found at the low limit Texas Hold'em tables.
Available Games and Stakes
Poker Nordica has an excellent variety of games. Their games include Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Omaha Hi-Lo, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo, Five Card Stud, Five Card Draw, Razz, Triple Draw and Badugi. These are available in no limit, pot limit and fixed limit games. Stakes at the pot limit and limit tables go up to $50/$100 and at the no limit tables, they go up to $10/$20.
Poker Nordica has a range of sit and go tournaments and multi table tournaments that they host. They host plenty of regular freeroll tournaments (including their monthly $10,000 and $50,000 freerolls) and their guaranteed prize pool events are quite worthwhile. In addition, they host satellites to some of the major poker events, such as EPT.
Support and Money Payment Options
Customer service support is available via email. Poker Nordica also has a FAQ section on their website that may contain the answers to some of your queries. No telephone or live chat support is available. While their support methods may be limited, they are generally quite fast with answering email questions.
There are a number of payment options available when you play at Poker Nordica. Players can make deposits into their account using Click2Pay, NETeller, NETeller Instacash, Moneybookers, eWalletXpress, EcoCard, VISA, Master Card, Pic Club, Entropay and ClickandBuy.