A Vallejo, California man has admitted that he lied about having terminal colon most cancers to lift the $10K buy-in to the World Collection of Poker Foremost Occasion.
Rob Mercer, on the WSOP above, is a feel-good story turned bitter as he admitted to mendacity about having a terminal situation Wednesday. (Picture: LVRJ)
Poker participant Rob Mercer, 37, made $12,500 from a GoFundMe web page and is believed to have acquired an extra $18K from non-public donations. And in an extraordinary interview with The Las Vegas Evaluation-Journal on Wednesday, Mercer says he isn’t going to offer any of it again.
The Evaluation-Journal contacted Mercer Wednesday as a result of it initially ran a feel-good piece about his experiences on the WSOP. However since that piece was revealed in July, a few of those that donated to the trigger grew to become suspicious and turned towards Mercer.
“I did lie about having colon most cancers. I don’t have colon most cancers. I used that to cowl my state of affairs,” Mercer instructed the newspaper. “What I did was fallacious. I shouldn’t have instructed individuals I’ve colon most cancers. I did that simply as a spur-of-the-moment factor when somebody requested me what sort of most cancers I had.”
‘Dying’ Want
In his GoFundMe web page, Mercer described himself as a semi-professional participant who had by no means had the bankroll to purchase into the Foremost Occasion outright and puzzled if he would ever fulfill his dream.
I discovered myself going backwards and forwards questioning if I used to be ever going to do that [fundraiser] as a result of my satisfaction means rather a lot to me and I by no means like asking individuals for assist,” Mercer wrote on GoFundMe. “However my dream has all the time been to play the World Collection of Poker Foremost Occasion.”
He claimed he was recognized with Stage 4 most cancers in August 2022 and had been given between six to 18 months to dwell, and all of a sudden, the necessity to fulfill his dream had turn out to be extra urgent.
‘Vindictive Villain’
Mercer instructed the Evaluation-Journal that he lied as a result of he believes he has breast most cancers, though he admitted this hasn’t been recognized. He claimed he had colon most cancers as a result of he believed this was the least “embarrassing” of the 2 circumstances.
Mercer added there was no have to repay the cash because it had been given to him as a result of he was sick, which he claims he’s.
Amongst those that donated was Cody Daniels, a poker participant who truly does have a terminal sickness.
“They’re making me out to be some type of monster, like this vindictive villain who deliberate this months prematurely,” Mercer instructed the Evaluation-Journal. “It’s simply loopy. However I perceive. I get it.”
Mercer was eradicated from the World Collection Foremost Occasion inside a couple of hours.
