Isabelle Mercier
| Isabelle Mercier | |
|---|---|
| File:Mercier main.jpg Isabelle Mercier | |
| Nickname(s) | No Mercy |
| Residence | Victoriaville, Quebec |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | None |
| Money finish(es) | 5 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 0(+1) |
| Final table(s) | 0(+2) |
| Money finish(es) | 2(+1) |
Isabelle "No Mercy" Mercier (born August 5, 1975 in Victoriaville, Quebec) 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 Université de Montréal and practiced commercial law for a year. Then moved to Paris, France and 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. [1]
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."[2]
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. [3]
As of 2006, her total live tournament winnings exceed $582,000.[4]