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Nitrobetting (Nitrogen Sports) Review

Author
Rodion Longa
Published
7/10/2016
Updated
6/14/2022

Nitrogen Sports Poker — is a crypto poker room launched in 2014 that belongs to the Nitrogen Sports brand, one of the biggest casinos operating in the US with Bitcoin. The site has been operating since 2012 (two years after its launch, poker was added to the game portfolio).

Nitrogen Sports is headquartered in San Jose, Costa Rica, similar to many offshore gambling sites that operate around the world. It isn't clear whether NitrogenSports holds an active gaming license, but their Terms and Conditions state that any claim shall be governed by the laws of Costa Rica.

The games at Nitrogen Sports Poker are entirely anonymous, and grinders don't need to give any personal data to the poker room when creating a new account.

The Nitrogen Sports core business is the casino and sportsbook, and poker is just a side offer that remains small, but that highly beneficiates by many gamblers that visit the poker games after winning a bet.

Bonuses and promotions

NitrogenSports doesn't have a welcome bonus for new players, and the only regular promotion is the Poker Rewards program.

By getting specific points per day, players will have the opportunity to join special freeroll tournaments:

  • Daily Rookie Challenge Freeroll 50 mBTC - 7.5 points.
  • Daily Superstar Challenge Freeroll 75 mBTC - 25 points.
  • Weekly All-Star Challenge Freeroll 200 mBTC - 7.5 points.
  • Weekly MVP Challenge Freeroll 300 mBTC - 62.5 points.
  • Weekly Hall of Fame Challenge Freeroll 500 mBTC - 125 points.

NitrogenSports rake and rakeback

NitrogenSports uses a "No Flop — No Drop" policy. The rake is 4% with different caps per stake:

StakeRake2 Player Cap3-4 Player Cap5+ Player Cap
NL/PL2
4%
0,1
0,1
0,15
NL/PL4
4%
0,15
0,3
0,35
NL/PL10
4%
0,3
0,5
0,7
NL/PL20
4%
0,5
0,75
1
NL/PL50
4%
0,75
0,9
1,1
NL/PL100
4%
1
1,1
1,3
NL/PL200
4%
1,2
1,4
1,5
NL/PL400
4%
1,4
1,6
1,8
NL/PL1000
4%
1,6
1,8
2
NL/PL2000
4%
1,8
2
2,2
NL/PL5000
4%
2
2
2,2

Loyalty program

The VIP program has 5 monthly tiers:

LevelMultiplierPoints Needed
Bronze
1,0x Nitro
0
Silver
1,25x Nitro
100
Gold
1,5x Nitro
500
Platinum
2,0x Nitro
2500
Diamond
2,5x Nitro
7500

For every 1mBTC paid in rake, grinders get 2.5 Loyalty Points. Such points can be exchanged in the Nitro Store for Free Bets Coupons or Real Money Bonuses. The biggest poker bonus is 3200mBTC in cash for 40,000 Nitro.

In general, the Nitro Rewards rakeback program gives from 10% to 50% cashback.

A Free Bet Coupon worth 2,000mBTC can be bought by 12,000 Nitro, which could be understood as a >100% rakeback, but the catch is that the coupon can be used only in the sportsbook.

Games and traffic

The NLH and PLO games in NitrogenSports Poker are played in mBTC (1,000 mBTC = 1BTC). During American peak time, up to 40 tables could be spotted in the lobby.

There are other formats offered in Nitrogen Sports poker like Crazy Hold'em, FL Hold'em, and 6+, but the games are occasional at low stakes.

The games are incredibly soft as most of the players are US gamblers from the sportsbook.

The MTT grid is composed of daily events with buy-ins from 0,6mBTC up to 5mBTC and guaranteed prize pools up to 50mBTC. Almost all games are played in NLH, although the schedule includes Pineapple, Omaha, and 6+ Hold'em tournaments.

On weekends the guaranteed prize pools boost to 100mBTC (Saturday), and Main Event is the Nitro Blast 500mBTC GTD that features a 25mBTC buy-in.

NitrogenSports software

Nitrogen Sports Poker Lobby

Nitrogen Sports Poker has only a web-browser client (no download is required), and after login into the website, players have access to all the games.

At first sight, NitrogenSports shows all its sportsbook offer where gamblers can bet in many sports event around the world and even play esports. To access the poker lobby, you must click on the "Poker" section in the top central part.

In the center of the HTML5 client, a big red "Play Poker" button gives access to the lobby (you can choose either to open it in the same window or open a new one).

The client is designed in black tones, and the lobby is divided into Cash Games and Tournaments. Players can choose either a quick seat or check out all active tables. The quick seating feature asks players for a game format and stake.

Nitrogen Sports Poker offers a "Poker Pro Table Mode," which allows grinders to open many games at once in independent windows, making those resizable and comfortably for multitabling.

The design is simple, and it doesn't have any customization options, besides enabling auto re-buy at cash games. Players can take notes on villains.

Nitrogen Sports Poker Table

Reliability and trustworthiness

According to Nitrogen Sports, their platform uses a Mersenne Twister RNG (actually, this is a pseudorandom number generator) and a Fisher-Yates shuffle algorithm. However, no external companies have verified this.

Every time you access the Nitrogen Sports website, you need to complete a security check in the form of different captchas.

A Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) is used to protect the grinder's funds from steal attempts. Having the 2FA enabled is mandatory to request a withdrawal at Nitrogen Sports Poker.

Banking options

All transactions in NitrogenSports Poker are handled in Bitcoin. After received one confirmation, the funds are credited in the player's account.

The minimum withdrawal is 0.001 BTC, and payments are usually processed within hours.

Please note that before requesting any withdrawal, the player must have processed the first deposit before, no matter if the funds he wants to withdraw are from a promotion like a freeroll.

The player must enable 2FA Authentication to request withdrawals.

Summary: Pros and cons to play at NitrogenSports

We highlight the following benefits of the crypto poke room:

  • Low rake;
  • Weak lineups;
  • US players welcome.

The dark side of the room: Fully anonymous games;

Benefits of Playing with Us

Worldpokerdeals guarantees the best rakeback deals to its customers. With over 8 years of experience, we support our grinders in any particular need they have with any poker room.

Our Nitrogen Sports Poker players get:

  • Free money swaps (VIP customers);
  • Professional customer service seven days a week.

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