Isabelle Mercier
Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier (born
5 August 1975) is a professional
poker player. She is known for her tenacious playing style and her striking looks.
Prior to turning to a poker career, she earned an undergraduate
law degree from the
University of Montreal and then moved to
Paris,
France to practice
commercial law for a year. She earned a
Masters 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.
She first made a name for herself by finishing in 2nd place in the €800
No Limit hold 'em tournament at the Masters Classic of Poker
2002 in
Amsterdam, where she earned $53,499.
In
2004 Isabelle won the
World Poker Tour (WPT) Ladies' Night tournament to win the $25,000 first prize, where
Mike Sexton nicknamed her "No Mercy."
In
2005 she finished 10th in the
European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final in
Monte Carlo, earning €23,090, and outlasting players such as
World Series of Poker (WSOP) runner-up
Julian Gardner, WPT multi-tournament winner
Gus Hansen, WPT season 2 champion
Martin De Knijff and
Barny Boatman. Also in 2005, she had three money finishes at the
WSOP.
Mercier made her first EPT final table in
February 2006 in
Deauville, finishing 7th at a final table also featuring
Ram Vaswani and
Kirill Gerasimov.
She is a member of the
PokerStars online poker cardroom's "Team Pokerstars" group of sponsored players.
As of 2006, her total live tournament winnings exceed $500,000.
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Official site*
World Poker Tour profile*
Poker Babes profile*
PokerPages profile*
Team PokerStars profile*
Sporting Life interview*
CardPlayer Magazine feature*
Hendon Mob tournament results*
PokerPlayer magazine interview*
Interview at TexasHoldemForums.com
