Isabelle Mercier

Isabelle Mercier
Isabelle Mercier at the 2005 World Series of Poker
Nickname(s)No Mercy
ResidenceMonaco
Born (1975-08-05) August 5, 1975 (age 49)
Victoriaville, Quebec
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Money finish(es)7
Highest ITM
Main Event finish		None
World Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)None
Money finish(es)4
European Poker Tour
Title(s)None
Final table(s)1
Money finish(es)5

Isabelle Mercier (born August 5, 1975, in Victoriaville, Quebec) is a professional poker player.

Mercier originally learned to play poker as a child,[1] but prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate law degree from the Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for six months. She then moved to Paris, France and earned a master's degree while working as the poker room manager at the Aviation Club de France, before turning to poker full-time. During her time working at the Aviation Club she was nominated for Staff Person of the Year twice at the European Poker Awards.[2]

She first made a name for herself by finishing in second place in the €800 No Limit hold 'em tournament at the Masters Classic of Poker 2002 in Amsterdam, where she earned $53,499.[3]

In 2004 Mercier won the World Poker Tour (WPT) Ladies' Night tournament and the $25,000 first prize, where Mike Sexton nicknamed her "No Mercy."[4]

In 2005, she finished tenth in the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in Monte Carlo, earning €23,090.[5] Also in 2005, she had three money finishes at the WSOP.[6][7][8] Mercier made her first EPT final table in February 2006 in Deauville, finishing seventh at a final table also featuring fellow professionals Ram Vaswani and Kirill Gerasimov.[9]

Mercier has her own instructional DVD and appeared in the documentary That's Poker. In January 2008, she released her own biography: Profession : bluffeuse (Profession: Bluffer), in Montreal and printed in France by Flammarion.

On April 27, 2009, Mercier won the PokerStars' Ante Up for Africa charity tournament in Monte Carlo. The final table included fellow Canadian Daniel Negreanu, Lithuanian Tony G, John Duthie (creator of the European Poker Tour), Italian pro Dario Minieri (who finished third), and English soccer star Teddy Sheringham (who came in second).[10]

On July 12, 2009, Mercier finished 3rd in the PokerStars Sunday Millions, cashing for $115,000.[11]

Until 2009, she was a member of the PokerStars online poker cardroom's "Team PokerStars" group of sponsored players.[12] By the end of 2009, Mercier left the PokerStars pro team and on December 2, 2009, joined gambling giant BetClic as a consultant for their online poker site.[13]

Mercier won the very first World Championship of Open Face Chinese Poker in Prague in 2015.[14]

Since 2017, Isabelle Mercier is an ambassador for cryptocurrency poker site CoinPoker.[15] She regularly plays tournaments and OFC on the platform, and has a dedicated weekly tournament with a bounty to win.

Mercier's total live tournament winnings exceeded $1,200,000 as of 2015.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Author profile".[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Welcome to Fantasyland !". Welcome to Fantasyland !.
  3. ^ "Master Classics of Poker (MCOP) 2002, No Limit Holdem". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "Isabelle Mercier". World Poker Tour. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  5. ^ "European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, European Poker Tour Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, Pot Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  7. ^ "36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  8. ^ "36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, No Limit Hold'em". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  9. ^ "European Poker Tour - EPT Deauville, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  10. ^ "European Poker Tour - EPT Monte Carlo Grand Final, Charity Event". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  11. ^ "Isabelle Mercier New Poker Ambassador For Betclick". OnlinePoker.net. September 15, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Team PokerStars profile: Isabelle Mercier".
  13. ^ "Poker News - Poker News & Features from Around the World!". Pokerlistings. December 10, 2019.
  14. ^ "Prague Poker Festival, TonyBet Open Face Chinese Progressive Pineapple". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  15. ^ "Isabelle Mercier". Coin Poker. Retrieved March 24, 2024.
  16. ^ "Isabelle Mercier's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved March 24, 2024.