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Isabelle No Mercy Mercier (born 5 August 1975) is a Canadian professional poker player.
Prior to turning to a poker career, she earned a law degree from the University of Montreal and then moved to Paris, France to practice commercial law for a year. She earned a Masters' Degree whilst 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.
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 in 2004 to win the $25,000 first prize, where Mike Sexton nicknamed her "No Mercy."
In 2005 she finished 10th in the European Poker Tour Grand Final in Monte Carlo, earning €23,090, and outlasting players such as World Series of Poker (WSOP) runner-up Julian "The Kid" Gardner, WPT multi-tournament winner Gus "The Great Dane" Hansen, WPT season 2 champion Martin "The Knife" De Knijff and Hendon mobster "Barmy Barny Boatman. Also in 2005, she had 3 money finishes at the WSOP.