Isabelle Mercier no longer in Team PokerStars Pro

Isabelle Mercier has left Team PokerStars Pro after being its member for five years in order to pursue new projects.

It was five years ago that Isabelle Mercier became a member of Team PokerStars Pro and now, she has decided to leave the team and take on new projects in her life.

However, she isn't planning on leaving the poker world behind her and more info on her upcoming projects will hopefully be revealed soon.

$1 million in tournament winnings

Mercier (pictured right) entered the poker world when she got a night shift job at Aviation Club de France. She quickly moved up there into the position of poker room manager, however, she decided to sell everything she owned to provide herself a bankroll to be a professional player.

She caught the public's attention by winning the WPT Ladies Night II event in 2004 and since then, she has earned over $1 million in live tournaments throughout her career. Last year, she made it to the final table of EPT London High Roller event and has also recently won the EPT Monte Carlo Ante Up For Africa event - donating her entire €250,000 first place prize to the charitable organizations in Darfur.

While she only played in the Ante Up For Africa charity tournament in this year's WSOP, she did finish third in PokerStars Sunday Million in July. Despite her successes,  we won't be seeing Mercier playing under the PokerStars banner, though her teammates are certain that we will be seeing more of her in the poker world regardless of her decision to withdraw from the team.