2023-09-21 03:00:58
Robert Mercer, a poker player, lied regarding having terminal cancer to raise money to compete in the main event of the World Series of Poker.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal has learned that the 37-year-old made up a story to obtain the $10,000 needed to take part in the prestigious competition last July.
“What I did was wrong,” Mercer told the newspaper.
“I shouldn’t have told people I had colon cancer. I did this impulsively when someone asked me what type of cancer I had.”
Mercer created a page on the crowdfunding platform “Go Fund Me” and reportedly raised between $30,000 and $50,000.
The man, however, claimed he thought he had undiagnosed breast cancer and made up the colon cancer story because he was embarrassed to say he had a less common disease. among the gentlemen.
Mercer also said he has no plans to repay the money he obtained through crowdfunding.
He also reportedly stopped playing poker due to his “deteriorating health.”
“I lied to a lot of people because I was afraid to tell the truth,” Mercer said. I guess I’ll have to pay for that.”
For the record, the liar was eliminated from the main event of the World Series of Poker quite quickly.
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