Isabelle Mercier has decided to reject the renewal of her team poker stars sponsorship and has headed off to seek new projects to take on. The rumour is that Isabelle is actually going to partner with a new poker room that is likely to target European players.
Isabelle first hit the spotlight when she won the World Poker Tour Ladies Night II in 2004. Back when the poker world was seriously devoid of any female poker players, her timely win gave her an excellent start to travelling the world and living out of a suitcase.
On the upside, Pokerstars has signed on Fatima Moreira de Melo as one of the sports star sponsored players. Fatima is a national celebrity of Holland and was the captain of the gold medal hockey team in Beijing 2008. She joins pokerstars gallery of sponsored sports stars like Boris Becker, Mats Sundin and Igor Porosky.