The poker community is mad and also injured after they state an amateur gamer from Vallejo made believe to have cancer to obtain sympathy and also money.
“Who would lie about having stage four colon cancer?” claimed Doug Parscal Jr., an amateur poker gamer and also a fundraising benefactor.
Parscal states he can’t think a man the poker community rallied to sustain fooled them.
After finding out about Vallejo man Rob Mercer, that declared to have incurable colon cancer, Parscal encouraged some social networks influencers and also other poker gamers to share his tale.
Supporters shared Mercer’s GoFundMe and also held telethons, increasing adequate money to send him and also one more man with an incurable health problem to the World Series of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas.
“I really, truly believe there isn’t someone more upset about it than I am,” claimed Cody Daniels, an amateur poker gamer and also a fundraising recipient.
Daniels, 29, has actually been fighting a deadly health problem that needs a feeding tube. He states it was his long-lasting desire to play in the event.
Daniels included that he enjoyed to share the experience with Mercer and also also contributed $2,500 of his profits to the man. But he claimed that something didn’t fairly build up.
“The only word that comes to mind is just sad. It’s just sad,” Daniels claimed.
This week, Daniels claimed Mercer admitted in a text he existed, declaring he in fact believes he has bust cancer however hasn’t been identified.
“He sent out that complete admission to me stating, ‘Look, I’m sorry. I did it I have up to it and also I believe I have undiagnosed bust cancer rather than colon cancer,'” he claimed.
GoFundMe has actually promised to pay off every person. But many individuals like Parscal contributed independently. He states Mercer might be terrific at bluffing however he’s not invite at the poker table any much longer.
“it’s just sad. It’s truly sad that he used cancer as a guise to get all that money. Because we’ve all been affected by someone with cancer,” Parscal claimed.
NBC Bay Area attempted to connect to Mercer however he did not respond.
