Poker Nordica—a skin on the US facing Merge Network—has closed. Players have been told that they have the option of cashing out or transferring their account balances to another skin on the Merge Network. However, no credit is being issued for VIP point balances.
An email was sent to account holders on March 30 to announce that it was closing down on April 1. The poker room has now closed although the website will remain online until May 1. Poker Nordica customers can access the cashier from a link on the website.
Poker Nordica claims player deposits are safe, but account holders need to act fast to withdraw their balances or transfer their accounts. After May 1 it may no longer be possible.
Players may cash out their accounts as long as their balance exceeds $115. There is a $15 fee and the minimum cash out is $100. All players are able to transfer their accounts to other sites on the Merge Network.
All the Merge sites are offering to accept stranded players and claim they can carry out the necessary administration within about 12 hours.
VIP Points Value Lost
Players with unredeemed points under the VIP scheme cannot transfer these points.Some players are reporting that they have accumulated over $1k worth of points that now have no value.
The industry will face yet more bad publicity as another tranche of online poker players are shown to have lost money when a site fails.
Poker Nordica launched in 2006 shortly before the UIGEA was passed but continued to accept US players. Traffic was badly affected by the events of Black Friday but the Merge Network overall has realized a 72% increase in the last year.
Players have been reporting difficulties in communicating with Poker Nordica over the last couple of months but there is no information yet available as to why the site is closing.
