Fraud By Sasha Poker House Bangkok [Mod Note: Determined to be apocryphal]
Dear Poker Community,
I am sharing my personal experience with the global poker audience to expose the truth & reality of a poker house in Bangkok, Thailand.
(Please be kind enough to take a note that i have never been before on this global poker form but after thorough research, i find out that this is the right place to present my experience)
I was on a tour to Cambodia in Sihanoukville from 16 August till 12 September and was enjoying playing poker in Phnom Penh at Naga world. It was a great experience, i met a guy at the table who introduced himself as "Cos" he was British and he told me that he runs a poker house in bangkok. As Thailand was my next destination for 6 days so i got excited that i can play poker there as I don't know anyone in Bangkok. We saw each other at Naga world for like 3 sessions and finally i took his contact and told him that i will visit your club.
13 September i reached Bangkok, and same night i spoke to Cos tgat i am in Bangkok, so he offered me let's come to have few hands. He sent me his address and i took a cab and reached to some suburbs of bangkok. It was like a hotel from outside. He came to receive me at the door and after i enter the premises it was like 2 poker tables with some players on each was there, he introduces me to other fellow players (mostly Thai National and 2-3 foreigners). I made the buy in for 100/200 (Thai money) game and it was ok session. I played like 2 hours and left the place with a promise to play next day.
As i felt comfortable, bext evening i went there and he told me that i have good set of skills so i should play 200/400 No limit on a private table with his VIP players as they are so rich amateurs.
I made a buy-in for 50,000 Thai money and there were 4 other foreigners and Cos himself on the table.
The way this table starts, was like a dream come true, literally no value for money and all this 5 junkies were like throwing chips with garbage hands. I got lucky twice and made 210,000 from a 50,000 buy-in by playing only 25-30 mins. Then i got dealt on late position with AA and was like 60,000 for me to call while i am holding an stack of 210,000. I re raised to All-in and got busted by 1 caller (friend of Cos) with 10, 4 off. By 2 pairs hitting the board.
I thought just a lucky run for a fish so i ignored. That time the avg stack value on the table was 400,000.
I buy in with 500,000 and 3 times got unbelievable beats. Later i tried my last buy-in of the night for 800,000 and was playing very carefully. I noticed every time when a particular female dealer comes there are always high pre flop action and almost every hand i am dealt by her is always a premium hand. So i felt like something is not right here.
When she came back to deal i got KK first hand she dealt to me. (One thing i forgot to mention when the man dealer comes to deal 1-2 players stand up and go to rest room or busy on phone calls and not sit on table. But once the female dealer comes they all comes back to table).
So i got KK at middle position and i just raise 5000 to see what is going to happen. Against my raise everyone re raised me and it was like 300,000 for me to Call. I fold the hand and everyone else folds too. I requested dealer to rabbit hunt and i was shocked to see there was a K on the flop but ends to river with 4 diamonds and i never had any diamond.
After 3 hands i got AQ spades on BB.
It was 11,000 for me to call, i just call and total 3 players in hand with a flop
2(s) 9(s) Q(h)
I bet 20,000 (half pot) 2 callers one folds by intentionally exposing his hand it was 7-9 Clubs. Turn comes 5 spades. I have nut flush already with blocking Set of Q and 9 exposed blocking set of 9.
I checked.
One guy bets 100k (exact pot) then Cos Shoves to All-in with almost everything covering my stack. I had no choice i go All-in, but what the hack, the person behind me calls my all-in.
Cos mucks his hand and shows like he is tilted and stands up from the table.
The river comes 2.
I was literally pissed because it can never be happened. I said to Cos, i am sorry i doubt that the game is fair. So i want to know what you raised to my stack value of All-in and i tried to take his muck cards tgat everyone on the table saw already as they were all friends. He got angry and say can't see. I lost almost 41,000 USD so i kept asking but then they all started shouting on me and asking me to leave the place right away.
I said i can't leave like this because i know you guys are doing open collusion and cheating. He then come to me and hold my shoulder very disrespectful way and said, you want to see my cards? He open his cards and it was 3- 8 offsuit. I said wow, i trusted you as gentleman and thought you are running a legitimate game. He said go out from here before its too late.
Later he called his staff they took me out and literally through me on street.
I booked a cab and come to my hotel and contacted tourist police Bangkok. They like in 40 minutes come to my hotel and i explained them all. After like 1 hour another police officer come and asked me we need to go to that place. In like 1 hour further we reached there, but it was like no poker table there and Cos was still there. They asked Cos that the complainant says she lost money here in gambling. Cos says he never saw me before and what evidence i have that i paid him money.
I showed all my telegram chat (that was all got cleared by him at that time already) and he said he doesn't ever use telegram. I showed them my crypto transfer transaction and he said he never had a crypto wallet. I said i need to talk my Canadian embassy. Police officer and cos talking something in thai language that I can't understand.
Later the officer turned to me and said i am involved in illegal gambling so they are going to arrest me.
They bring me back to van and then a lady officer talked to me in English and said, its not safe here for me. She asked me to either leave Bangkok right away or they will put me in jail with false charges of gambling and drugs.
I accepted to go back. Officers escorted me to my hotel, i booked my ticket for the morning flight and we left for airport.
After i reached airport they took me inside and clear my immigration and bring me to departure lounge (flight was like 7 hrs ahead).
A lady officer kept sitting with me till i go to board flight. She took my mobile phone and take my picture while i ready to enter the boarding gate. She said wait a moment and she call someone on her phone, she gave the phone to me and asked me to talk.
It was Cos, saying me " Bye Bye And thanks for your money. Yes i cheated you as this is our job, now go and do whatever i can" i literally felt so weak and my tears came out but then i had to go to the boarding gate.
I came back to my home with no phone and later tooke 2 weeks to come out of this trauma. I am have initiated a legal complain through Canadian foreign office and my Attorney is following it up.
The reason to share this story with all poker community here is to be careful with SASHA POKER HOUSE in Bangkok and COS British bald head guy. Its a team of cheaters, and sasha poker house in Bangkok is an organised place in Bangkok to Cheat people, threaten them, and scam them using dirty tricks. I hope there will be some good people in Bangkok from poker community who can further assist me through this forum.
Please Never go to play in bangkok at this Sasha Poker club and will really appreciate if someone can help me find whereabouts of Cos who is the owner of sasha poker house.
Attached is a picture of Cos that i luckily retrieved from my Telegram root directory as it was his profile picture.
You played in a private game in a country where gambling is banned and didn't no anyone at the game at got scammed? Mild shock.
Ive tried to warn to not play in bkk ug games...
I normally hate victim shaming and that really sucks but… come on man. You’re asking for trouble here.
Sorry to say, but going to the Thai police to complain that you got cheated in a totally illegal poker game is like those video clips you see where a person goes to the police station to report that the person they bought cocaine from short changed them and they want them to get their money back. And there is a very high probability that the police are well aware of the scam and are in on it.
I have played with Cos a few times in the past. I cannot confirm or deny your allegations. Recently, a lot of these stories of Thailand poker have made me avoid playing in Thailand.
Most of the poker regulars in the Bangkok scene would recognise Cos from that picture. But not by name
I have played with Cos a few times in the past. I cannot confirm or deny your allegations. Recently, a lot of these stories of Thailand poker have made me avoid playing in Thailand.
Most of the poker regulars in the Bangkok scene would recognise Cos from that picture. But not by name
Why not by that name? I found the face very familiar both from a avatar of someone I presume is himself that used to play mid/hsnl on pokerstars by the name aln_the_kid. I searched for "Cos" on Facebook and noticed we have some mutual friends and he is friends (as in Facebook friends) with some very well known poker players from macao/thailand.
Sucks if it's true, there is zero doubt he won't read the thread and friends of his will though.
By googling his name I found that he posted at blondepoker and got over 20k posts at that forum. Another article he claims being "really good friends" with Toby Lewis.
https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/10...
Think people victim blaming are out of line considering it honestly probably wouldn't be hard at all to have mutual friends with the guy that would vouch for him. If someone's been around for 15+ years and seemingly got a good rep I can see scenarios where OP thought it was a legit safe/good spot.
I normally hate victim shaming and that really sucks but… come on man. You’re asking for trouble here.
why? like he should just suck it up he got scummed by some dude and not warn others .. that bald dude with glasses would not be able generate any lvl of emotional trauma on me though not that i would trust play him or his friends in bkk for a second
feels so strange to play there in bkk like why play there out of all the legal places to play in neighboring countries
Why not by that name? I found the face very familiar both from a avatar of someone I presume is himself that used to play mid/hsnl on pokerstars by the name aln_the_kid. I searched for "Cos" on Facebook and noticed we have some mutual friends and he is friends (as in Facebook friends) with some very well known poker players from macao/thailand.
Sucks if it's true, there is zero doubt he won't read the thread and friends of his will though.
By googling his name I found that he posted at blondepoke
Thats exactly i was presented by him. He showed me many videos where he is with some well known poker players.
Sucks if it's true, there is zero doubt he won't read the thread and friends of his will though.
He has a 2+2 account (tho dormant for several years) and a hendon mob profile
why? like he should just suck it up he got scummed by some dude and not warn others .. that bald dude with glasses would not be able generate any lvl of emotional trauma on me though not that i would trust play him or his friends in bkk for a second
feels so strange to play there in bkk like why play there out of all the legal places to play in neighboring countries
I'm not saying he shouldnt post this, in fact I would say its important for the community people always speak up about such events.
I just think OP needs to also take some responsibility and not put himself in such positions.
OP did not seek any vouches or do proper due diligence and went to an underground game in BKK by invitation from someone he just met. Thats too naive.
I'm not saying he shouldnt post this, in fact I would say its important for the community people always speak up about such events.
I just think OP needs to also take some responsibility and not put himself in such positions.
OP did not seek any vouches or do proper due diligence and went to an underground game in BKK by invitation from someone he just met. Thats too naive.
Well hes Canadian.
Dude getting busted with AA against T4o all in pre in a random underground game where you dont know anyone personally... how do you not just get up and leave at that point. Legit players, even the absolute biggest fish in the world, dont go all in with T4o. Even if Im in a game where I know all the players I would leave if that happened as that entire line of action is the most face up deck rigging possible.
Nice that you out the guy though, maybe someone else will see the thread in the future and avoid getting scammed.
I would like to post the update.
First of all thank you so much 2plus2 community. I got contacted by a poker reg who is in my friend's list in FB for a long time, he has offered me on behalf of Cos that if i remove this post, they gonna give me back the money. So i have told him i will remove the post if he pays me back and apologise here on this forum publicly. So just waiting his actions now.
Will keep you all posted.
Thanks
2+2 should not allow this deal for OP. Scammer basically admitting that hes a scammer but he thinks this post will keep him from scamming others. So by deleting the post 2+2 is helping the scammer.
Also, who is this "poker reg" who offered the deal on behalf of Cos? Definitely also a scammer who should be outed.
lol so a scammers gonna return 40k after FOUR 2+2 posts FOUR? op is probably fake or hes getting played you more. How the **** are you claiming to be Canadian your English is worse then mine.
I hope this is a bangkok game runner targeting his competition. plz be true
2+2 should not allow this deal for OP. Scammer basically admitting that hes a scammer but he thinks this post will keep him from scamming others. So by deleting the post 2+2 is helping the scammer.
Also, who is this "poker reg" who offered the deal on behalf of Cos? Definitely also a scammer who should be outed.
"the reg " i referred here requested to not disclose his name. But i have told him if in the given timeline things not done i will post all chat screenshot of him as well. I am never going to delete this post unless the Actual culprit publicly apologise on this thread from him own realself instead of mediators
what a scum artist paying people to be silent he runs a scam house in bkk
lol
bust the whole "community" to thai police
lol so a scammers gonna return 40k after FOUR 2+2 posts FOUR? op is probably fake or hes getting played you more. How the **** are you claiming to be Canadian your English is worse then mine.
I hope this is a bangkok game runner targeting his competition. plz be true
You sound funny!! But it's ok i was expecting this that someone from him will come here to play tricks. We all use short passive sentences while on chats like this, its not a grammar learning forum my dear. Please get a life and don't forget karma exist. Please tell your bald bossy just sort the things.
lol so a scammers gonna return 40k after FOUR 2+2 posts FOUR? op is probably fake or hes getting played you more. How the **** are you claiming to be Canadian your English is worse then mine.
I hope this is a bangkok game runner targeting his competition. plz be true
This is too silly to think to be real agreed .
What is OPs poker history / whatsoever how did you trust play for such an amount of money with randoms
You play professionally or as a hobby etc.
Everything sounds too idiotic to be true
Had the dude really scammed he had just dissapeared etc. not been there personally the night he shows up to play (with a random excuse obviously)
This post is most likely exactly what said competition trying to take down other poker house.
What gain had he had putting some salt to the losers wounds writing **** to him when he is getting deported etc. whilst knowing he knows who he is..
This story is fishy in a silly Asian way.
Had the dude really scammed he had just dissapeared etc. not been there personally the night he shows up to play (with a random excuse obviously)
This post is most likely exactly what said competition trying to take down other poker house.
What gain had he had putting some salt to the losers wounds writing **** to him when he is getting deported etc. whilst knowing he knows who he is..
This story is fishy in a silly Asian way.
the call on the airport to say "lol I scammed you bitch, what you gonna do about it" followed by OP crying definitely sounds made up.
First thing a real scammer had done would be to say "hey bro game is there at whatever place but i got flu i cant come tonight" - so there is no direct associating what happens there to the person doing it
Then rest of story is just to get to ur feelings
and if u are a person who can afford to lose 40k u will know ur in trouble if u gamble in thailand + the police would not do anything to help u with ur gambling losses , like this is something anyone with IQ above a labrador would know