
Isabelle Mercier has left Team PokerStars Pro.
After five years as a member of Team PokerStars Pro, the French-Canadian poker superstar said she is saying goodbye to one of the most lucrative sponsorship deals in the poker industry to “take on new projects.”
Following a series of emails back and forth with PokerListings, Mercier sent out a press release claiming she “currently has extensive projects, both nationally and internationally, in the world of poker,” and, “is not about to give up her life’s passion.”
No specific details regarding the projects were included.
However, after the French-language release of her autobiography Profession: Bluffer in 2008, Mercier did tell PokerListings she was seeking an English publisher and interested in selling the film rights.
A law school graduate from the University of Montréal, Mercier’s first foray into the poker world was a night shift job at the Aviation Club de France where she quickly ascended to the position of poker room manager.
Eventually, Mercier sold everything she owned to bankroll herself as a professional player, stepping into the spotlight when she won the World Poker Tour Ladies Night II event in 2004.
Since then, Mercier has amassed more than $1 million in career live tournament earnings, most recently following up a final table appearance at last year’s EPT London High Roller tournament with a win at the EPT Monte Carlo Ante Up for Africa event to benefit Darfur, where she donated the entire €250,000 first-place prize to the cause.
Taking on new projects.
Her biggest online score is a third place finish in the PokerStars Sunday Million this past July for $115k.
Mercier had lived out of a suitcase the past four years before finally buying homes in both Monaco and Montreal this past year. Sh (Read the full post about ‘Isabelle Mercier quits Team PokerStars’…)
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