as i write this, im the teensiest tipsy, althought i just puked all over my front lawn as soon as ejaz and chung took me home. fuck, lets see what i drnak tonight
2 shots of soco-lime
2 redbull vodkas
2 of something i dont remember
total of 6 drinks fuck, my stomach is so queasy ugh. i hope everyone else had a fun night. i am sititng ehre clutching my bottle of water and talking to arash on aim about asians and dancing. fuck yeah.
holla
Saturday, December 27, 2008
Friday, December 26, 2008
happy holidays
happy holidays everyone!
just a quick recap of christmas
i got about $200 in cash and a crapload of pajamas (which is what i wanted) :D
tonight my friends and i are going to dc and getting drunk and walking around. it has all the makings of a great night.
i will probably post when im drunk or something :D
peace
just a quick recap of christmas
i got about $200 in cash and a crapload of pajamas (which is what i wanted) :D
tonight my friends and i are going to dc and getting drunk and walking around. it has all the makings of a great night.
i will probably post when im drunk or something :D
peace
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
how austin got started gambling
well, im sure most of you are wondering how i got started being such a gambler, now i will regale you with the story.
when i was 10-11 years old, i learned how to play a game all vietnamese people know how to play. this game is called "thirteen" or "tien len" for you viet folk, its pretty much poker with 13 cards, we would play for 50 cents a hand and somewhat, this eventually led to me buying a bunch of stuff that was cool at the time like gameboy games, pokemon cards and shit with the money i won.
moving onto high school, i was in marching band, because of this we went on trips all over the east coast. myrtle beach, tennessee and all over virginia. my good friends at that time and still are kind of were vernon, daniel (my current roommate), and mike troutman. mike troutman taught me how to play this card game called texas holdem. i immediately fell in love with it we started playing with skittles and acting like we were all rich and stuff haha it was fun shit.
fast forward to junior year, poker started booming, it was on tv, on the internet, it was everywhere! not to be lost in the mess, my friends and i started a little home game, .25/.50 at alex's house every friday after school, we would all bring $20-$30 and just play every week. this went on for 2-3 years after graduation and we gradually moved up in limits and cash played. we started out with money in play being $200-$300, when we moved up they were 1k-2k and now since we are playing $1/2 home games over 3k would be in play. it was insane, whoever won $50 back in the day were considered the big winner, nowadays $100 no one bats an eye. its sick how far we progressed. it was funny cause the big winner of each game would treat to mcdonalds or something, shiet we still do that now! haha
as soon as i got my associates from nova, i left for VCU to finish college up and this is where i got started with online poker. this is all alex's fault lol, this guy showed me full tilt and had me depositing $50 a time for about a year, we would just play sit and go's and some cash games, burning money, we never won. around this time i joined a site that i'll call OT and made some friends that played poker just like me, i'll call them OTPC. because of these guys i have evolved into somewhat of a poker player and not just an idiot :D. this is probably about the time eric ma got me started on betting football games, which made watching it alot more fun lol
so now back and forth, i made a couple hundred online, would withdraw, go nuts for a month and redeposit, i did this for about a year just making $4000 in just random cash games. as soon as i read about some friends of mine placing in tournaments i started to get into the MTT (Multi-Table Tournament) scene. i love it, i love playing tournaments, as soon as i get a steady bankroll going i hope to grind them. reading harrington on hold'em and various sites, i learned much more about poker and i still have yet to learn. this past summer, i made my two biggest cashes of $2000 and $1500, couple this with a few $1000-$2000 pots i won at omaha, it put me up at +8k for the summer heading into this past fall, my senior year.
i know it sounds like im up a nice chunk but i am not lol, my degen ways have put me into debt with some of my close friends, and i plan on paying them off very soon and probably trying to start a roll back up again. i love gambling, whether its poker, football or just random shit, i love gambling. i know it maybe an unhealthy habit, but im not ruining my life with it. im controlling it to an extent. people get their joys from bungee jumping, playing rugby, smoking weed, whatever. my joy comes from bluffing out 2 people in a huge pot, it comes from seeing "Congratulations! You won this tournament!" it comes from the sight of seeing a bunch of colored chips coming my way.
my goal for 2009 is to pay off all my debts and to make enough money to play at the world series of poker this summer. its pretty feasible i would think.
wish me luck!
till tomorrow, i will be starting a end of 2008 post and probably some other random shit. lol. merry christmas everyone!
when i was 10-11 years old, i learned how to play a game all vietnamese people know how to play. this game is called "thirteen" or "tien len" for you viet folk, its pretty much poker with 13 cards, we would play for 50 cents a hand and somewhat, this eventually led to me buying a bunch of stuff that was cool at the time like gameboy games, pokemon cards and shit with the money i won.
moving onto high school, i was in marching band, because of this we went on trips all over the east coast. myrtle beach, tennessee and all over virginia. my good friends at that time and still are kind of were vernon, daniel (my current roommate), and mike troutman. mike troutman taught me how to play this card game called texas holdem. i immediately fell in love with it we started playing with skittles and acting like we were all rich and stuff haha it was fun shit.
fast forward to junior year, poker started booming, it was on tv, on the internet, it was everywhere! not to be lost in the mess, my friends and i started a little home game, .25/.50 at alex's house every friday after school, we would all bring $20-$30 and just play every week. this went on for 2-3 years after graduation and we gradually moved up in limits and cash played. we started out with money in play being $200-$300, when we moved up they were 1k-2k and now since we are playing $1/2 home games over 3k would be in play. it was insane, whoever won $50 back in the day were considered the big winner, nowadays $100 no one bats an eye. its sick how far we progressed. it was funny cause the big winner of each game would treat to mcdonalds or something, shiet we still do that now! haha
as soon as i got my associates from nova, i left for VCU to finish college up and this is where i got started with online poker. this is all alex's fault lol, this guy showed me full tilt and had me depositing $50 a time for about a year, we would just play sit and go's and some cash games, burning money, we never won. around this time i joined a site that i'll call OT and made some friends that played poker just like me, i'll call them OTPC. because of these guys i have evolved into somewhat of a poker player and not just an idiot :D. this is probably about the time eric ma got me started on betting football games, which made watching it alot more fun lol
so now back and forth, i made a couple hundred online, would withdraw, go nuts for a month and redeposit, i did this for about a year just making $4000 in just random cash games. as soon as i read about some friends of mine placing in tournaments i started to get into the MTT (Multi-Table Tournament) scene. i love it, i love playing tournaments, as soon as i get a steady bankroll going i hope to grind them. reading harrington on hold'em and various sites, i learned much more about poker and i still have yet to learn. this past summer, i made my two biggest cashes of $2000 and $1500, couple this with a few $1000-$2000 pots i won at omaha, it put me up at +8k for the summer heading into this past fall, my senior year.
i know it sounds like im up a nice chunk but i am not lol, my degen ways have put me into debt with some of my close friends, and i plan on paying them off very soon and probably trying to start a roll back up again. i love gambling, whether its poker, football or just random shit, i love gambling. i know it maybe an unhealthy habit, but im not ruining my life with it. im controlling it to an extent. people get their joys from bungee jumping, playing rugby, smoking weed, whatever. my joy comes from bluffing out 2 people in a huge pot, it comes from seeing "Congratulations! You won this tournament!" it comes from the sight of seeing a bunch of colored chips coming my way.
my goal for 2009 is to pay off all my debts and to make enough money to play at the world series of poker this summer. its pretty feasible i would think.
wish me luck!
till tomorrow, i will be starting a end of 2008 post and probably some other random shit. lol. merry christmas everyone!
i forgot how much tysons sucked
so i have to buy christmas presents for my mom, brother, and pop.
god i forgot how much tysons sucks, cant find any parking, mall traffic and the relentless amount of kids there. i met kevin and phillip up we ate and we went shopping here's what i got
mom - scarf and penguin slippers
brother - h&m winter coat
dad - ronald reagan biography
uncle - new york mets hat
meh, hope it'll do :D, stephens christmas party is tonight, it should be fun, i should be drunk or something, well maybe i can't cause i have to work 6am-12pm the day after. fuck it though, GO HARD OR GO HOME.
i can't believe 2009 is here already, god damn, im going to be 23, jesufksadjfaks;df;lksadfkls;lkdfkl;dsflk;askl;fdskl;
god i forgot how much tysons sucks, cant find any parking, mall traffic and the relentless amount of kids there. i met kevin and phillip up we ate and we went shopping here's what i got
mom - scarf and penguin slippers
brother - h&m winter coat
dad - ronald reagan biography
uncle - new york mets hat
meh, hope it'll do :D, stephens christmas party is tonight, it should be fun, i should be drunk or something, well maybe i can't cause i have to work 6am-12pm the day after. fuck it though, GO HARD OR GO HOME.
i can't believe 2009 is here already, god damn, im going to be 23, jesufksadjfaks;df;lksadfkls;lkdfkl;dsflk;askl;fdskl;
Monday, December 22, 2008
just woke up
it is 12:53 and i just woke up, my alarm didn't go off, i had to go to fairfax county gov center to get fingerprinted for my job at providence, fuckin things sucks. i had just found out yesterday that my mom wants me to go shopping for my 4 cousins, aunt and uncle. dammit! malls going to be packed as shit! haha, last night i had a weird dream that i was fixing my car with my dad and my car blew up, my dad was okay but i was launched into a wall. weird shit eh?
i just saw my semester grades
non profits - A
political thought - C
civil rights - B
global politics - B
public policy - I
WTF I GOT AN I? i don't even know what a fucking I is, god damnit, now i have to email my teacher and shit god ifsjadfkl;ldsalk;sjkd. oh well. each time i post on my blog i will write an interesting story in my life. this story will be the one where phillip attacks a car thinking it was his cousin.
phillip, tahir, kevin and i were sitting at a gas station figuring out what to do, phillip then proceeds to go, "hey kevin! isn't that our cousin, in that black car?", kevin "no man why would he be in nova, he doesnt live here", phillip "im positive it was him, austin let me out", me "ok..."
so this guy phillip proceeds to go to the car and yell to the drive "FREEZE MOTHERFUCKER!" sees that its a black guy and runs back to my car. ahahhahahahha, as soon as he gets in he goes, GO AUSTIN, GO NOW< FUCK! all while kevin tahir and me are cracking the fuck up in the backseat. funniest shit ever.
let this be a lesson to you, do not go up to someone and say FREEZE MOTHERFUCKER unless you are sure you know them.
stephens party is on tuesday, i'll let you guys know whats up
i just saw my semester grades
non profits - A
political thought - C
civil rights - B
global politics - B
public policy - I
WTF I GOT AN I? i don't even know what a fucking I is, god damnit, now i have to email my teacher and shit god ifsjadfkl;ldsalk;sjkd. oh well. each time i post on my blog i will write an interesting story in my life. this story will be the one where phillip attacks a car thinking it was his cousin.
phillip, tahir, kevin and i were sitting at a gas station figuring out what to do, phillip then proceeds to go, "hey kevin! isn't that our cousin, in that black car?", kevin "no man why would he be in nova, he doesnt live here", phillip "im positive it was him, austin let me out", me "ok..."
so this guy phillip proceeds to go to the car and yell to the drive "FREEZE MOTHERFUCKER!" sees that its a black guy and runs back to my car. ahahhahahahha, as soon as he gets in he goes, GO AUSTIN, GO NOW< FUCK! all while kevin tahir and me are cracking the fuck up in the backseat. funniest shit ever.
let this be a lesson to you, do not go up to someone and say FREEZE MOTHERFUCKER unless you are sure you know them.
stephens party is on tuesday, i'll let you guys know whats up
Sunday, December 21, 2008
whoa 1st post
i know i may not have any readers but why not. something to write down some thoughts and ideas and my experiences.
my name is austin van, i am 22 years old and am going to graduate from VCU in a few months. i am 6 feet tall and vietnamese. i love playing basketball, gambling, and just hanging out in general. my life currently revolves around poker, school and the search for the dough.
to start things off i will write about my weekend. my friends derek and alex wanted to go to atlantic city, being the broke joke i am, i obviously asked to borrow money and play. worked out real well in the beginning as i lost $200 in about 15 minutes when my A2 got snapped by 67 on a 345 board. after that played some 3 card poker for about 5 hours. highlight of the night would be getting drunk, meeting orlando and pip playing craps and placing fourth in a tournament. fun times i must say, apart from losing.
one thing did happen at the poker tables that pissed me off, copy and pasted from a forum im on alot.
" borgata fucked me over a 400bb pot at 2/5 nlhe (friend gave me $500 fwiw)
i had AsKs in CO, UTG raises to 40, i reraise to 250, button calls and he calls, flop is KxTs4s, UTG checks, i bet 400, button calls, UTG calls, turn brings a Qs, UTG shoves for like 250, i call, button folds, but throws his cards on top of mine, and the dealer mucks my cards by accident, the table immediately erupts and the cash game director is called. UTG states that the hand is mucked is he should be awarded the pot because i didn't "protect my hand"
everyone at the table calls him a huge dick, douche, etc. but cash game director rules in his favor even though it was the fucking dealers fault 
"
for those of you reading who dont understand ill give a quick cliffs, i lost alot of money because some idiot threw his cards on top of mine and the dealer put them back in the deck, the guy who i was playing with didnt let me take my bet back and pretty much got free money.
fuck that shit yo. anyways, something else i want to add, when my roommate daniel and i meet with our friend mary jane, i gain this uncanny ability to freestyle, and i do it well, its great, maybe one day i can hop and show you guys what im all about.
going to end my first blog post about working over winter break. when i was 16 years old i started to work for fairfax county park authority working as a front desk guy, 4-5 years later im at the government center working answering phones and shit. because i needed a job, i am now currently working front desk at providence rec center, sucks going from a front desk => manager => headquarters rep => back to front desk, but hey, a nigga needs money amirite. my boy derek is my supervisor and i just found out today not everyone is fond of him, sucks, i should probably tell him this. oh well
quick shout out to my nigga arash for coming up with the blog title, stephen cause im making a blog too and jeanine because she always talks to me about her xanga yet i don't read it :O
until tomorrow, holla back at me
my name is austin van, i am 22 years old and am going to graduate from VCU in a few months. i am 6 feet tall and vietnamese. i love playing basketball, gambling, and just hanging out in general. my life currently revolves around poker, school and the search for the dough.
to start things off i will write about my weekend. my friends derek and alex wanted to go to atlantic city, being the broke joke i am, i obviously asked to borrow money and play. worked out real well in the beginning as i lost $200 in about 15 minutes when my A2 got snapped by 67 on a 345 board. after that played some 3 card poker for about 5 hours. highlight of the night would be getting drunk, meeting orlando and pip playing craps and placing fourth in a tournament. fun times i must say, apart from losing.
one thing did happen at the poker tables that pissed me off, copy and pasted from a forum im on alot.
"
i had AsKs in CO, UTG raises to 40, i reraise to 250, button calls and he calls, flop is KxTs4s, UTG checks, i bet 400, button calls, UTG calls, turn brings a Qs, UTG shoves for like 250, i call, button folds, but throws his cards on top of mine, and the dealer mucks my cards by accident, the table immediately erupts and the cash game director is called. UTG states that the hand is mucked is he should be awarded the pot because i didn't "protect my hand"
everyone at the table calls him a huge dick, douche, etc. but cash game director rules in his favor even though it was the fucking dealers fault "for those of you reading who dont understand ill give a quick cliffs, i lost alot of money because some idiot threw his cards on top of mine and the dealer put them back in the deck, the guy who i was playing with didnt let me take my bet back and pretty much got free money.
fuck that shit yo. anyways, something else i want to add, when my roommate daniel and i meet with our friend mary jane, i gain this uncanny ability to freestyle, and i do it well, its great, maybe one day i can hop and show you guys what im all about.
going to end my first blog post about working over winter break. when i was 16 years old i started to work for fairfax county park authority working as a front desk guy, 4-5 years later im at the government center working answering phones and shit. because i needed a job, i am now currently working front desk at providence rec center, sucks going from a front desk => manager => headquarters rep => back to front desk, but hey, a nigga needs money amirite. my boy derek is my supervisor and i just found out today not everyone is fond of him, sucks, i should probably tell him this. oh well
quick shout out to my nigga arash for coming up with the blog title, stephen cause im making a blog too and jeanine because she always talks to me about her xanga yet i don't read it :O
until tomorrow, holla back at me
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