Amateur poker player Robert Mercer lied about having terminal cancer so he could raise money to enter the 2023 World Series of Poker Main Event, according to David Schoen of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Mercer started a GoFundMe in June claiming that he had Stage IV colon cancer in order to raise the $10,000 entry fee to participate in the WSOP. He admitted to Schoen in a phone interview that he does not have cancer.
"I did lie about having colon cancer. I don't have colon cancer. I used that to cover my situation," Mercer said.