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Isabelle Mercier has been a member of Team Pokerstars Pro for five years but has now decided to quit because she wants to take on new projects, she said. This means the French-Canadian poker pro has turned down one of the best sponsorships in the poker world. It´s not clear what project she will be joining now.
Isabelle Mercier is one of the best woman in the world at poker and that she shown at the World Poker Tour Ladies night II in 2004 when she won the event. Last year she was at the final table at Euro Poker Tour (EPT) in London and has won over $1 million in live tournaments.
Isabelle Mercier´s best finish in online poker was in PokerStars Sunday Million this year in june where she finished on third place and won $115,000. Representatives from PokerStars wishing her the best and said that it was Isabelles decision to not renew her contract with PokerStars, according to PokerListings.

Today Michael Martin won the EPT London and the prize money of £1 million. Michael Matin comes from Washing Cross and is 24 years old. He was down to only 95,000 in chips and was on his way out of the tournament, but it all turned around, and he won a couple of big hand in just 10 minutes, and he was back again. When he was down at 95,000 in chips the big blind was 80,000. This is how close it was, but then he tripled up and the doubled up twice.
Heads up he was up against the swede Michael Tureniec. The last hand was a all-in pre flop and Martin had 4-4 and the swede had K-9. The flop made a set for Martin and it was all over, Michael Martin was a poker millionaire.
The swede Michael Tureniec can be happy aswell, he turned his $800 that he paid at Pokerstars satellites, into £500,000. He won a satellite at Pokerstars just the weekend before the EPT London began. EPT London was played at Victoria Casino in central London. There was 596 poker players attending and around 125 was Pokerstars players. The buy-in for EPT London was £5200+£200.

The High Roller event at EPT London is finished aswell. The winner here was Jason Mercier. His first prize was £516,000 and it cost £20,000 in buy-in. Here 86 players attended. In heads-up he met John Juanda, the man who won the WSOPE just a couple of days ago. But this time he did´nt go all the way, but London have been really good to John Juanda anyway.

Next EPT event is in Budapest, October 28 – November 1. Buy-in for this event is €4000+€350 and have a cap of 500 players.

The EPT London that starts today, October 1^st, is sold out. All the 500 seats has been taken, and about 130 of the seats is taken by players who have qualified through Pokerstars. For players who made the buy-in in cash, it was £5200+£200. Pokerstars also added £250,000 to make the first prize a guaranteed £1,000,000. EPT London will take place at Victoria Casino in central London from today, October 1 to Octbober 6. Note ever before has Pokerstars had a guaranteed prizepool in an EPT.
There will also be a High Roller event along with ETP London. Buy-in for this event is £20,000+£300, and this will be a No Limit Hold´em tournament that will be held from 5 october to 6 october. The final table of the High Roller event will be filmed for future brodcasting.
The best Pros from Pokerstars will play in EPT London, names like Daniel Negreanu, Chris Moneymaker and Joe Hachem.

Last time EPT London was held, 400 players showed up to play this popular event. The winner of the tournament was a Pokerstars qualifer, Joseph Mouawad. He won heads-up over Florian Langmann and won the first prize of £611,000. But this year the first place winner is guaranteed £1,000,000!
With a guaranteed first prize and this special High Roller event this looks like it´s going to be the best EPT event ever.

There is still time if you want to qualify for EPT London, and play against the best players in the world. Pokerstars Daniel Negreanu, Joe Hachem, Barry Greenstein and Chris Moneymaker will be there to play for £1,000,000. Many players think EPT London is one of the best stops on the European Poker Tour.
This event will take place at the Victoria Casino, in central London between 1-5 October. Buy-in is £5,200+£200 and there is a cap of 500 players.

To qualify, and play this event live in London, go to Pokerstars here and register. Use Maketing Code PAWSUB672 and you get a poker bonus of 100% on your first deposit up to $500.

Good luck!