This Nordic-themed online poker room has grown in tandem with the Merge Gaming network, offering patrons of Poker Nordica an enormous game selection, cash rewards for player loyalty, a 150% first deposit bonus, and numerous promotions. The Poker Nordica software rivals the best in the industry, with superb multi-tabling options, an aesthetically pleasing design, secure transactions, and a plethora of extra betting games to choose from.

Player traffic has seen steady growth at Poker Nordica, with soft, juicy cash games available throughout the day. Poker Nordica also runs some rather impressive promotional tournaments and leaderboard competitions. A number of deposit and withdrawal options are provided, and customer support is on hand to answer any questions players may have.

Players depositing into their Poker Nordica account for the first time may claim a 150% bonus match of up to $750 by entering the Poker Nordica bonus code where prompted during the deposit process. The Poker Nordica sign-up bonus is released in increments of $10 for every 750 VIP Points the player acquires playing real money online poker games at Poker Nordica. Note: Players will only be eligible to claim the Poker Nordica bonus if they have not played real money ring games, or made a deposit, within the last 60 days at any other Merge Gaming partner site.

Poker Nordica offers special VIP benefits to online poker players who procure at least 10,000 VIP Points every 30 days. Players who earn the VIP Gold status at Poker Nordica become eligible to receive a $100 cash rebate, as well as the right to compete in the exclusive $1000 Nordica VIP Gold Race Leaderboard competition for up to $500 in cash every month. The VIP Gold Race awards cash prizes to the top five VIP Gold members of Poker Nordica who earn the most VIP Points every month.

Providing a large selection of promotional tournaments and leaderboard contests, players at Poker Nordica have no shortage of lucrative prizes to aim for. Limited-time promotions that Poker Nordica has offered before include seats to major live poker events, such as the WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio in Las Vegas; and the Mega Millions, which rewards players with cash in real time for each achievement of one of 15 VIP Point milestones in the course of the month-long promotion.

Ongoing Poker Nordica promotions include the Instant $20, a Bad Beat Jackpot, the $46,250 VIP Points Chase, the $1,000 Raked Hands Race, and $750 Weekly Race. The Instant $20 rewards players for using Poker Nordica's preferred deposit options: NETeller, EcoCard, Moneybookers, Click2Pay, and eWalletXpress (Click2Pay and eWalletXpress are US friendly). The races are leaderboard contests that award cash prizes to players who finish in the top positions of the race.

The software used by Poker Nordica is developed and provided by the Merge Gaming company, and is packed with a multitude of poker games, as well as some casino games, backgammon, and even Eucre. The design is well planned, with an attractive graphical interface and tabbed navigation, and many convenient settings. Multi-tablers will love the "add to grid" feature that allows players to view four tables per window, with slide-out chat, menu and game information tabs.

Poker Nordica also has an excellent contact list with numerous features for managing friends, foes, and easy targets. Players can tag others with labels such as "Shark", "Fish", "Bluffer" and "On Tilt." From the lobby, players can also find players on their contact list who are currently playing at Poker Nordica's online poker games.

As a Merge Gaming partner, Poker Nordica shares a player base with all of the Merge Gaming Network skins. This provides the advantage of a larger traffic volume since Poker Nordica members can join tables and tournaments populated by members of a large number of online poker sites. This results in more cash games and sit and gos to choose from.

The competition is rather loose at Poker Nordica, even up into the $5/$10 No Limit Texas Hold'em games, where it is not unusual to find a viewed flop percentage over 50% at a full, six-handed table. The micro and low stakes games are particularly juicy for anyone out to make a quick buck, and ripe for grinding out a bankroll. For heads-up high stakes fans, there are plenty of potential opponents camped out at the $10/$20, $25/$50 and $50/$100 tables.

Fast, friendly customer support is available at Poker Nordica via email. The staff is knowledgeable and quick to respond to customer inquiries 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It is helpful to include the game id and number when reporting an issue or asking a question about a specific game. Live chat support is available within the Poker Nordica online poker client.