Fernando is incredibly understanding of the Mercier’s behavior and perspective and as a result he hasn't spoken in an attacking tone and has chosen not to reveal some information. Many of you probably know it is not my natural inclination to be "understanding" when people are acting like pricks.
Fernando thought that once we presented all the information that we have itt it would be clear that we are not cheating. This has not been the case as some people are still unsure. Most importantly, the Merciers have shown that they are not willing to reconsider this issue despite ANY new evidence and that they are also not concerned with the consequences of this. It is hard to imagine people with egos as big as theirs capable of contemplating “Hey! Maybe we were WRONG and caused Fernando and Jaclynn a great deal of problems.” In this post, I will cover many details that have yet to be disclosed and are quite relevant to understanding the behavior and character of the Merciers.
Recently, Fernando made an attempt to rectify the situation by reaching out to Natasha and Jason directly:
They ignored the message.
Here is a post titled "OFC Scam By Natasha Barbour" that I found from a cached site with a 2+2 thread that was deleted:
In the end the matter got resolved by Natasha or Jason paying the debt owed, therefore the thread was deleted by the OP.
Interesting to note that someone in this same thread posted
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It's quite common knowledge that she free-rolled numerous people on the OFC APP in the Sarasota/Tampa area, so we can also assume she free-rolled people that were not local. As far as I know, she paid back some, but not all of these debts after her score over the summer. Additionally, she held funds in escrow (at least $15k) for a poker league and the money disappeared. The guy that she left ended up settling the debt for her. I think she has proven enough to us, at least on the local level that she is not to be trusted
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I spoke with 3 Tampa friends who have confirmed this. It seems to be common knowledge amongst the Tampa OFC scene that before she had a big tournament score and got into a relationship with Jason she was difficult to impossible to collect from.
Some things Fernando left out: when Fernando and Natasha started playing their initial agreement was to settle every 6K, beginning in 2015. Once Fernando reached 6K, Natasha told him she was out of the country and would settle weeks later once she got back. When Natasha returned the debt was now over 10k and Natasha again changed the agreement, telling Fernando she would settle weeks later at the PCA. The PCA comes, Fernando meets Natasha and she informs him that she does not have the money, and suggests they play live. As we know, Fernando agreed to play her live at the PCA in game formats had never even played before. He felt confident it would eventually get settled because of who she was dating. An OFC professional then saw them playing live and warned Fernando not to play Natasha, explaining she was getting a big edge by not shuffling enough when she went to Fantasy Land. Shuffling and washing are essential when in land as it’s important to separate all the strong hands that have been put together while playing. Additionally, Fernando noticed and corrected that Natasha was making mistakes when counting points in her favor. Only two or three out of 20+ lifetime times Natasha miscounted were in Fernando’s favor.
A close friend of mine who is quite well known in poker told me essentially an identical story. It took him about a year to collect from Natasha and she changed the settle figure and timing repeatedly.
Let's remember and appreciate that Natasha’s first accusation of Fernando cheating occurred at the PCA when she owed him signifiant money.
Before finally paying Fernando, she tried to negotiate with him:
Why does it seem that I am focusing on Natasha and not on Jason? Because Jason just regurgitates most of what Natasha tells him in regards to Fernando and myself as he has watched Fernando play about 5-10 hands live and never played a single hand versus either of us
To review another important point, Jungleman posts:
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Originally Posted by jungleman
I played Fernando a little at very small stakes ( I too was intimidated by his way of getting action, the things jason said, and him posting first). He gave me some advice on some hands, and, looking at some math it seems he actually does know what he's talking about. I personally don't think he's cheating because of this and think someone with their own stream on OFC that gives strategy away is not a likely cheater. That being said, I totally understand Jason's suspicions given his experience with Fernando are pretty reasonable. I also think that Fernando is in general better off clearing his name by playing live more. As others have pointed out, if his live results match online there is much less reason to be worried, and a thread like this might hurt his action on the app pretty badly. I guess on a positive note for him, probably a lot of people would still be willing to play him live as a result of this
Fernando would love the opportunity to play Jason live and has had several people contacting him offering to invest, but it's hard to set parameters with an investor when your opponent will not agree to parameters of a match and is clearly not that interested in playing because he wants to play nosebleeds and does not realize that the person’s reputations he tarnished is what is at stake.
I would also be willing to play either of them live with hole cards filmed, as I've stated before.
GG
Last edited by JaclynnMoskow; 03-28-2017 at 02:29 AM.