Amateur poker player who 認める lying about 行う／開催する／段階-4 結腸 癌 diagnosis to raise $50,000 cash to enter world series STILL won't give money 支援する because he now thinks he has breast 癌
- 略奪する Mercer 認める he lied about the serious health 問題／発行する in a 企て，努力，提案 to start a GoFundMe and raise $10,000 to 参加する in the 持つ／拘留する'em 選手権s
- ?Mercer 持続するs that he has 癌 - but that he lied because he was embarrassed to 収容する／認める it may be breast 癌
An amateur poker player who 認める to lying about 行う／開催する／段階-4 結腸 癌 diagnosis said he won't give his 寄付 money 支援する because he now thinks he has breast 癌.?
略奪する Mercer 認める he lied about the serious health 問題／発行する in a 企て，努力，提案 to start a GoFundMe and raise $10,000 to 参加する in the No-限界 持つ／拘留する'em World 選手権.?
Now, Mercer 持続するs that he does have 癌 - but that he lied because he was embarrassed to 収容する／認める it may be breast 癌.
He still hasn't 確認するd if he 現実に has breast 癌 にもかかわらず the scam.??
'At the end of the day I lied to a lot of people because I was 脅すd to tell the truth,' Mercer said. 'And I guess I'll have to 支払う／賃金 for that,' Mercer told the?Las Vegas Review-定期刊行物.
略奪する Mercer (pictured) lied about having 終点 結腸 when he 開始する，打ち上げるd a GoFundMe to buy his way into the World 一連の Poker in Las Vegas, Nevada earlier this year
'I did 嘘（をつく） about having 結腸 癌. I don't have 結腸 癌. I used that to cover my 状況／情勢,' he said.
によれば the Review-定期刊行物, Mercer received 寄付s 概算の between $30,000 to $50,000, 含むing a 控訴 at the Bellagio during the event.
Talking with the 出口, Mercer 二塁打d 負かす／撃墜する on his 陳謝 about lying but 持続するd that he does not 計画（する） to give the money 支援する.??
'What I did was wrong. I shouldn't have told people I have 結腸 癌. I did that just as a 刺激（する）-of-the-moment thing when someone asked me what 肉親，親類d of 癌 I had,' Mercer said in a phone interview.?
'I'm sorry for not 存在 honest about what my 状況／情勢 was. If I would have done that from Day One, who knows what would have happened,' he continued.?
In total, his GoFundMe raised just over $12,000. It is no longer online.?
One person identified as Benjamin 物陰／風下 寄付するd nearly half of the 基金s, a whopping $4,649. Others 寄付するd hundreds and one other person 寄付するd $1,000.?
The GoFundMe 始める，決める up by the amateur poker player raised more than $12,000
Mercer said he was 接触するd by a GoFundMe 代表者／国会議員 who told him the 基金 would not be 許すd to 受託する 付加 gifts as it 侵害する／違反するs the 条件 of service.?
Aside from the 通貨の 寄付s, Mercer received perks 含むing a 控訴 at the Bellagio, which can cost several thousand dollars depending on several factors.?
The authenticity of Mercer's 癌 diagnosis was first raised by poker influencer Doug Parscal Jr.?
Parscal first 答える／応じるd to a message from Mercer in February, where he asked Parscal for help because he had 癌.?The influencer 申し込む／申し出d to 火刑／賭ける him - bankroll his game - for a tournament in Lincoln, California.
'He 答える／応じるd and said, 'I'm too sick 権利 now, but I 高く評価する／（相場などが）上がる the 申し込む／申し出,'' Parscal said to the Las Vegas 出口. 'And that was it.'
In June, however, Mercer reached 支援する out to Parscal and asked him to spread the word about his GoFundMe to cover his buy-in for the WSOP event.?
Parscal then used his own 関係s to help his fellow player raise money, 含むing connecting him with famous player Nick Vertucci.?
Vertucci then 申し込む／申し出d to cover the difference if Mercer 's GoFundMe did not 結局最後にはーなる reaching its goal - and the fundraiser ended up （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing its asking マリファナ.
But the player's (a)手の込んだ／(v)詳述する lies began to 広げる after he was 除去するd from the tournament.?
Vertucci said that Mercer was seen 賭事ing in the casino after his 排除／予選, leaving many to wonder if he was spending fundraised money.?When he was 直面するd, he became 防御の.
Mercer used the money he raised to buy his way into the World 一連の Poker
After that, the 上級の poker player distanced himself from the amateur.??
It was only after another poker player and 寄贈者 pulled him aside at the World 一連の Poker event that they realized he may be lying about his health.
Cody Daniels - a chronically ill poker player who 寄付するd $2,500 to Mercer - said Mercer gave vague answers to his questions about his health while they were talking.
'He was very vague on the answers,' Daniels said. 'Nobody 手配中の，お尋ね者 to say it. It was fishy to us, and 明白に we weren't the only ones.'
Parscal made the 発見 after asking Mercer for proof of his 癌, in which he gave a MyChart.org 公式文書，認める where he asked his doctor to 確認する his diagnosis.?
Mercer 現在のd a 類似の 公式文書，認める to the poker community in June and the message was never 答える／応じるd to by the doctor.?
Parscal started to have 疑問s about Mercer's story after the WSOP and received 多重の phone calls from 寄贈者s who 表明するd 類似の 関心s.
After 存在 直面するd, Mercer deactivated his social マスコミ accounts.
He said he understood why it looked 怪しげな.?
'明白に I was just trying to keep up with my story,' Mercer said.?
'I didn't want to get exposed because it looks bad. It does look bad. I lied. I'm not going to 否定する that. I lied. I should have just been transparent and comfortable with what is going on with me and tell people what was happening,' he continued.?
Vertucci said he hopes that the man who scammed him and others really doesn't have 終点 breast 癌.??
'He's still a human 存在 and you need to care about every person on the 惑星 関わりなく what a big piece of cheese they could be,' Vertucci said.?
'I don't want the kid to have 癌. 最終的に, I'd rather him just be a bad person,' the poker player continued.?
