While it was a day of great glamour, drama and sportsmanship, and a day that Isabelle Mercier will remember for a long, long time having secured victory, PokerStars' Ante Up for Africa tournament will go down in the history books for another very good reason - raising more than 250,000 euros for relief efforts in war-torn Darfur, Sudan. On the eve of the season 5 finale of the European Poker Tour in Monte Carlo, winning money was the last thing on 40 players' minds. Donating money - each of them the 4,000 euros entry fee - was the name of
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EPT Monte Carlo: Flashing lights and sparkle on table Isabelle
Back at the PokerStars.com EPT San Remo Johannes Strassmann scribbled his way through day one, day two and was the last player eliminated on day three in ninth place, a fly’s wing distance from his second final table of season four. The notes, he told me, were because he wants...more
From Isabelle to Jennicide--Stars on the web
While I hope you check in here regularly for news from the world of PokerStars, I would be remiss if I didn't point out a few things I've noticed recently on the web. Here's a quick overview.Isabelle Mercier of Team PokerStars has been doing some good work on her own...more
