Hello 2+2, I've never been active here and it's a shame my first post is going to be about a rather unpleasant situation. My name will probably ring a bell to people who've played PLO mid/high stakes between 2008-2015, I believe I've always been truthful and honest with all members of the poker community I've interacted with over the years, whether online or in person, and I can probably get a few reputable posters to vouch for my character, should the authenticity of my story be questioned. I'll try to be as brief as possible.

I met "Dodo" (thats the nickname he goes by) in 2015, when he worked at Gutshot Poker Club, a house in Bangkok where they run live poker games. I've played there sporadically during 2 years+ and never had trouble getting paid. I was back in BKK in January 2018 when Dodo contacted me saying he had juicy online games he wanted me to play in, asking for 20% of my profit in exchange for getting me in. I suggested he put a friend of mine in the NLHE games as well, while I was taking care of the PLO games. He agreed and we started making substantial amounts, settling and getting paid every monday for about 2 months, until a time when Dodo owed us 1M+ THB and started ghosting us for about 2 weeks. At that point my friend tells him he's going to make a 2+2 thread and start telling everyone in the community that he isn't to be trusted, Dodo replies by some threats of physical violence saying that my friend should "make sure he's not in Bangkok when he does that" or "he will see how his life will change" (I've got screenshots of the conversations), my friend holds his ground and he gives us an apology about 48hrs later saying he's sorry, that he's "never cheated anyone in his life", that he's broke and in a bad spot blablablabla. We work out a settlement plan and he starts paying us 30k bahts monthly for the next 6 months. He then blocks us from every app and social media and blocks or ignores the people we ask to get in contact with him about the outstanding debt. After asking around I learn that he's owing high amounts of money to lots of people, mostly from gambling. We decide to give it time, hoping he turns up somehow and resumes paying, partly out of stupid wishful thinking and partly out of laziness to address the issue. It's been over a year now, I understand chances of collecting are thin but it is clear I need to warn the BKK poker community to stay away from him, especially as I recently learned he's offering deals to players again. If anyone has any advice that might be useful on how to handle this, please let me know.

Thanks,

Quentin "MiPwnYa" Lae

is this the same little asian man thats run many scams including travel agency? if so already a thread about him. also no photo and no real name pretty useless info

I don't think it's the person you're talking about. Thais don't ever use their real names in daily life. The person I'm talking about is well known on the BKK poker scene and every one knows him by his nickname. I'm happy to post real name and photo though, I thought that may not have been allowed.

How much does he owe? Does he openly admit the debt?

He still owes 980k THB, I haven't been able to contact him but he's blocked the last person who confronted him about the debt and told another mutual acquaintance of ours to "leave it alone", he did not deny owing money to us.

No this guy is not little. he is a tall Australia Asian man. His name is Mike Lee AKA Scammer Mike. he's been scamming ppl in Australia and the poker community for a while now. There is a picture of him in the thailand chatter thread somewhere if you search for it. As for the Travel agency, he use to work for a Legit travel agency and was fired for trying to scam them also. He try to start his own, but then realize it was easier just to scam instead. Most of the poker players in bangkok can confirm this. so please get your fact straight before you start posting

Just want to add that I don’t have any involvement in the situation, but have had only positive experiences with OP and would place chances of him creating this thread for any reasons other than stated at zero

I would suggest to just forget it, assuming Dodo is a Thai dude. There is no way for you to pressure him into paying and human life is cheap in BKK.

The least I can do is at least to try to stain his name so he doesn't keep scamming other people, don't you think?

yeah you've done it, im saying its probably not worth doing anything else. But thats just what I think of it from my experience of being stiffed in live games in Asia, either they wanna give it back or dont and nothing you can do will influence their decision.

ok mom, and compared to me all asian men are little including that scammer mike guy