You just gotta keep livin' man, L-I-V-I-N

IAU College of Medicine residency options

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:27:00 +0000

I'm currently a M4 at International American University located in St. Lucia. While trying to get information from a school that likes to hide important information this is where students for now can do residency.

I'm currently a M4 at IAU and finally found out where I can and cannot apply. The following is found out through research on my own by checking the state licensing boards. This information can be found PUBLICLY at FSMB

The following state will not licensing you which include CA (which most of you already know) TX (case by case), NM, ID, VT, IN, KS, AR, AK, TN, ND, or MS

Certain states seem to have residency restrictions which include CA, NY, NJ, FL, TX. So residency in these states seem to be a problem. However if you do get residency in these states then the way around it is the following:

(1) At the end of your second year of residency apply for licensee in another state such as IL. Most states only require 1 year of an ACGME accredited program in the residency of your choice. After that continue your residency in whatever categorical program you have listed.

(2) It takes about 6months to a year before your IL state licensing will go through. By that time you will be BOARD CERTIFIED in whatever field your residency is in and also licensed in another state. At which point you can apply for a NY state licensing and pursue whatever you wish including fellowships.

The following was told to me by a program direction and not my school. My school seems to have issues with communication.

Step 2 CK

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:09:00 +0000

Passed Step 2 CK!!!!!!!!!!!! No more exams stand between me and licensing talk about a good feeling. Less then 7 months left before I get the M.D.

I hate myself for playing poker

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:10:00 +0000

Started 7 tabling .5/1 just to get my fundamentals back in gear because I have been out of the poker loop for so long. Won about 16 buy in's then decided to play 5/10nl. The graph tells the rest of the story. I hate break even weeks...............

Scratch yesterday's post

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:03:00 +0000

I said I was rusty but dam today was just bad beat central. KK into AA twice, full houses to higher full houses and the kicker was losing a boat to quads. Back to square one I guess argggg!

I played poker for a whole week....

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:45:00 +0000

Since I've got a lot of down time for this month I decided to fire up the tables to see what will happen. I have to admit not a bad six days even though I'm still pretty rusty

Playing in a couple of the FTOPS series this week.

Will be playing the following events:
1) sept 9 200k
2) sept 11 150K
3) sept 13 100K
4) sept 13 300K
5) sept 14 30K HA
6) sept 14 250K

I haven't played a tourney in forever but just trying to donk it up for a decent score.

Till next time.....

Random Thoughts for 2009

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:08:00 +0000

Someone forwarded this to me but its pretty funny not to mention right on point..

Random thoughts from people our age...

-I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

-More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can't wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that's not only better, but also more directly involves me.

- I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?

- Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

- That's enough, Nickelback.

- I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

- Is it just me, or are 80% of the people in the "people you may know" feature on Facebook people that I do know, but I deliberately choose not to be friends with?

- Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

-There is a great need for sarcasm font.

- Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the f was going on when I first saw it.

- I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

- How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

- I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

- I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

- The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

- A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.

- Was learning cursive really necessary?

- lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

- Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

- My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads. Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired about the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us." Classy, bro.

- Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

- How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

- I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

- Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in' examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney and said "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies"

- What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?

- While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

- MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

- Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

- I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

- Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

- I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

- Bad decisions make good stories

- Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

- Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

- If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

- Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....

- You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work
when you've made up your mind that you just aren't doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

- Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

- There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

-I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

- "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

- I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren't watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

- I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Dangit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

- I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

- When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

- I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

- Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

- As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

- Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

- It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

- I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

- Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

- Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my a s s everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

- It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

- I wonder if cops ever get pisses sed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

- I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

- I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

- The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There's nothing like being made to feel like a fat bas tard before dinner

Poker

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 20:30:00 +0000

Poker is all about one thing winning. There is nothing better then scooping up a big pile of chips from your opponent after u just completely owned him. In the olden days poker wasn't so easy to play. Doyle Brunson used to talked about fearing for his life in poker games. Too bad he didn't have the luxury of websites and the comforts of playing poker online.

However in today's economy poker can be played anywhere from the comfort of your living room to a live casino. However I'd recommend you guys play at Bodog because that's where I play. They are great with customer services and have a long reputation of keeping your money safe. Especially with all the stuff going on regarding the UIEGA laws I wouldn't want to play anywhere else.

On a side note I'm about take licensing exam in about 23 days (USMLE STEP 2Ck). Yup its that time of the year again except this summer is kind of different. ERAS (electronic residency application submission) opened up so between filling out applications and writing personal statements that I keep trashing, life is pretty busy. Oh yea throw in rotations on top of that talk about a full schedule.

Till next time gl at the poker tables...

The heart can heal itself?

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:50:00 +0000

Found this on yahoo....

British girl's heart heals itself after transplant

LONDON – British doctors designed a radical solution to save a girl with major heart problems in 1995: they implanted a donor heart directly onto her own failing heart.

After 10 years with two blood pumping organs, Hannah Clark's faulty one did what many experts had thought impossible: it healed itself enough so that doctors could remove the donated heart.

But she also had a price to pay: the drugs Clark took to prevent her body from rejecting the donated heart led to malignant cancer that required chemotherapy.

Details of Clark's revolutionary transplant and follow-up care were published online Tuesday in the medical journal Lancet.

"This shows that the heart can indeed repair itself if given the opportunity," said Dr. Douglas Zipes, a past president of the American College of Cardiology. Zipes was not linked to Clark's treatment or to the Lancet paper. "The heart apparently has major regenerative powers, and it is now key to find out how they work."

In 1994, when Clark was eight months old, she developed severe heart failure and doctors put her on a waiting list to get a new heart. But Clark's heart difficulties caused problems with her lungs, meaning she also needed a lung transplant.

To avoid doing a risky heart and lung transplant, doctors decided to try something completely different.

Sir Magdi Yacoub of Imperial College London, one of the world's top heart surgeons, said that if Clark's heart was given a time-out, it might be able to recover on its own. So in 1995 Yacoub and others grafted a donor heart from a 5-month-old directly onto Clark's own heart.

After four and a half years, both hearts were working fine, so Yacoub and colleagues decided not to take out the extra heart.

The powerful drugs Clark was taking to prevent her from rejecting the donor heart then caused cancer, which led to chemotherapy. Even when doctors lowered the doses of drugs to suppress Clark's immune system, the cancer spread, and Clark's body eventually rejected the donor heart.

Luckily, by that time, Clark's own heart seemed to have fully recovered. In February 2006, Dr. Victor Tsang of Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, Yacoub and other doctors removed Clark's donor heart.

Since then, Clark — now 16 years old — has started playing sports, gotten a part-time job, and plans to go back to school in September.

"Thanks to this operation, I've now got a normal life just like all of my friends," said Clark, who lives near Cardiff.

Her parents marveled at her recovery, and said that at one point during Clark's illness, they were told she would be dead within 12 hours.

Miguel Uva, chairman of the European Society of Cardiology's group on cardiovascular surgery, called Clark's case "a miracle," adding that it was rare for patients' hearts to simply get better on their own.

"We have no way of knowing which patients will recover and which ones won't," Uva said.

Still, transplants like Clark's won't be widely available to others due to a shortage of donor hearts and because the necessary surgeries are very complicated. In the last few years, artificial hearts also have been developed that can buy patients the time needed to get a transplant or even for their own heart to recover.

Zipes said if doctors can figure out how Clark's heart healed itself and develop a treatment from that mechanism, many other cardiac patients could benefit.

At the moment, doctors aren't sure how that regeneration happens. Some think there are a small number of stem cells in the heart, which may somehow be triggered in crisis situations to heal damaged tissue.

Experts said Clark's example is encouraging both to doctors and patients.

"It reminds us that not all heart failure is lethal," said Dr. Ileana Pina, a heart failure expert at Case Western Reserve University and spokeswoman for the American Heart Association. "Some heart failure patients have a greater chance of recovery than we thought."

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Wow this blog is dusty...

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:16:00 +0000

Its been a while and no I haven't forgotten about the blogosphere, just put it off for a while. Here I am once again writing on this virtual chalkboard months later in age, but years later in medical knowledge. Today is July 2 and ERAS (electronic residency application submissions) opened yesterday along with all the new residents shitting bricks in hospitals across the country on how to manage patients. Believe me I feel extremely weird to think that I am now a fourth year medical student with applications starting to go out Sept 1, 2009. Here's what my schedule is looking like

Internal Medicine---done
Surgery----Done
Family Medicine---done
Psychiatry---done
OBGYN---3 weeks left
Ped's---6 weeks left

Sept---Surgery Elective
Oct--Sub-I in Family Medicine
Nov- Infectious disease elective
Dec- Critical Care elective
Jan- Radiology
Feb--Neurology
March--Cardiology
April - July 1st-----off till residency starts

End Goal: Snag an Internal Medicine residency
Back Up plan: Either family practice or psychiatry not sure about either yet

I promise I'll write more eventually but right now just trying to figure out what to write for my personal statement.

till next time.....

Medical student gambler turned killer...no joke

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:09:00 +0000

Found this hit kind of close to home...oh wait no it didn't I dont try to kill people to cover my loss. Its simple I just win more way more then I lose..

----------From yahoo.com-----------------

Police: Med student targeted women on Craigslist

By MELISSA TRUJILLO, Associated Press Writer Melissa Trujillo, Associated Press Writer – 41 mins ago

BOSTON – Philip Markoff seemed to have a good life: The handsome, clean-cut, 23-year-old medical student was planning a lavish beachfront wedding this summer to a beautiful woman. But authorities say his computer and surveillance video paint a picture of a suspected serial criminal who targeted women offering erotic services through Craigslist. Now he's accused of killing one and suspected of robbing and tying up another.

And police have said there could be more victims.

"This was a brutal, vicious crime — savage, and it shows Philip Markoff is a man who is willing to take advantage of women, to hurt them, to beat them, to rob them," District Attorney Daniel Conley said Tuesday. "He probably thought he was going to get away with it. He thought he was too smart for us."

Authorities refused to comment on reports that Markoff might have been seeking money to pay gambling debts, but a Connecticut casino confirmed it was cooperating in the investigation.

Markoff, a second-year medical student at Boston University, appeared in court Tuesday on charges including murder, kidnapping and armed robbery. Dressed in a wrinkled button-down shirt and khakis, he said nothing during the brief hearing and was jailed without bail.

Defense attorney John Salsberg said later that Markoff is not guilty of the charges and "has his family's support."

Markoff is accused in the death of Julissa Brisman of New York City, who was found dead April 14 in a Boston hotel after being bashed in the head and shot three times.

Brisman, 26, was an aspiring model and actress who had advertised erotic massage on Craigslist. Authorities said she and Markoff communicated through e-mail and cell phone to set up a meeting.

Investigators traced an e-mail to Markoff, who created a new address the day before Brisman's body was discovered at the Marriott Copley Hotel. He was arrested Monday in Walpole, less than 20 miles southwest of Boston, as he drove with his fiancee to Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

Authorities say he was the man seen on surveillance video near where Brisman was found and where a woman was robbed in Rhode Island.

Boston police refused to comment on reports citing unidentified law enforcement sources that Markoff was a problem gambler. But the casino said it was helping investigators.

"We do not release information publicly concerning individual patrons; however, we are aware of this situation and are cooperating with the appropriate law enforcement authorities," the casino and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation said in a statement.

Markoff's grandfather, Jerome Markoff, a lawyer from Arnold, Md., said he was shocked.

"This is not my grandson. I know my grandson," he told The Boston Globe. "I hate to see a rush to judgment ... He's a wonderful boy, just absolutely wonderful, and couldn't be better. I'm proud of him and proud of his abilities as a medical student. He always wanted to be a doctor."

Markoff's grandfather did not immediately respond to a call from The Associated Press. Police said his grandson has no prior criminal record.

Markoff is also suspected in the attempted robbery Thursday in Warwick, R.I., of a stripper who had posted an ad on Craigslist. She was held at gunpoint before her husband entered the room and her attacker fled.

Markoff's mother, Susan Haynes, declined to comment through a receptionist at her apartment complex in Sherrill, N.Y., where Markoff went to high school. In the 2004 Vernon-Verona-Sherrill High School yearbook, Markoff was listed as a member of the bowling and golf teams, the National Honor Society, history club and youth court.

He graduated in 2007 from the State University of New York at Albany. Later that year, he had a broad smile in a photograph taken as he put on a "white coat" at a ceremony for incoming BU medical school students.

The university has said Markoff was suspended immediately following his arrest.

Police say they found a semiautomatic weapon, duct tape and restraints — what prosecutors called "critical, powerful" evidence — in the upscale apartment he shared with his fiancee in Quincy, about 10 miles south of Boston.

"I can't even put it into words, the disbelief I'm feeling right now," neighbor Jonathan Uva said. "This is a great guy ... just a total disconnect from what we're hearing in the news."

According to the couple's Web site, Markoff and his fiancee met in 2005 while volunteering at a medical center near SUNY Albany, and they were engaged in May 2008. They had planned to marry Aug. 14 on a beach at sunset in Long Branch, N.J. The couple also had registered for kitchen goods and housewares from Pottery Barn, Macy's and Williams-Sonoma.

Conley, the district attorney, said he believes Markoff's original motive was robbery, but he wound up killing Brisman when she fought back.

Prosecutor Jennifer Hickman said in court that Brisman had been bashed in the head and shot three times at close range, including once through the heart.

"It's hard for me to get into his mind. The evidence that we have is Julissa put up a pretty tough struggle, and it's in the context of that struggle that she lost her life," Conley said.

The slain woman's father, Hector Brisman, appeared in court but left without commenting.

Hickman said Markoff also contacted the woman he allegedly robbed using Craigslist on April 10 and set up a meeting after midnight. The woman told investigators she met Markoff and then let him into her room at the Westin Copley in Boston. When she shut the door and turned around, he was pointing a gun at her stomach. He bound her hands and mouth.

He then stole more than $800 and personal items, Hickman said.

His fiancee, Megan McAllister, insists police have the wrong man.

"He could not hurt a fly," McAllister said in an e-mail to ABC's "Good Morning America. "All I have to say is Philip is a beautiful person, inside and out."

An e-mail message sent to McAllister via her Facebook page was not immediately returned Tuesday. The McAllister family did not answer the door of their Little Silver, N.J., home Tuesday. Shortly after, a police officer emerged and said the family did not wish to speak with reporters.

Michael Bernard, who lives in Markoff's building in Quincy, was shocked to recognize his neighbor on television reports of the killing.

"He was smart. He carried himself well. He was clean, a good-looking guy," said Bernard, a retired electric company worker. "He seemed like the type that would have it all. It doesn't make sense."

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Associated Press writers Mark Pratt and Russell Contreras in Boston; Eric Tucker and Hilary Russ in Providence, R.I.; William Kates in Sherrill, N.Y., and Wayne Parry in Little Silver, N.J., contributed to this report.

From a loose aggressive manaic

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Was playing at the horseshoe in Indiana yesterday 2/5nl with a maniac who was quite good at getting people to tilt there money. He definitely had a method to his madness and when I left the table up two buy ins he had over 3k+ he said the following, "Crazy is a level that cowards can never reach". The funny part is that he's absolutely right. While this guy was crazy he def wasn't stupid.

Match

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:40:00 +0000

Congrats to all those that matched! Scary that a year from now I'll be in that position.

FML website...

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:21:00 +0000

Found this website quite amusing...here's an excerpt:

"Today, my brother’s new girlfriend, who is blind, asked to feel my face so she could tell what I look like. She said i was “unique”. A blind chick just told me I was ugly. FML"

http://fmylife.tumblr.com/

Im assuming you have figured out what FML stands for....

Swamped n IMG friendly list in Chicago

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:14:00 +0000

School is back to kicking my ass which is why the post have disappeared on this site. The surgery rotation I'm on right now is kind of blah so grinding through the next 7 weeks until its all done. Since I've been looking at hospitals in the Chicago area I'd thought it would be good to post all the IMG friendly hospitals. Here you go:
Illinois:

Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL

FUHS/Chicago Medical School, Chicago, IL

Illinois Masonic Med Ctr, Chicago, IL

Jackson Park Hospital, Chicago, IL

Mercy Hospital, Chicago, IL

Ravenswood Hospital, Chicago, IL

Rush Copley Medical Center, Aurora, IL

Rush Presbyterian Hospital, Chicago, IL

Rush Westlake, Melrose Park, IL

St Francis hospital, Evanston, IL

Univ of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, IL

Univ of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

Univ of Illinois, Chicago, IL

Univ of Illinois at Peoria, IL

An oldy

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:11:00 +0000

********Warning information ahead will improve your cash game....if you are a fish/donkey/whale/pathetic poker player please refrain from reading ahead because this information will help you so go back to playing every hand chasing every flush draw because online sites are rigged and you will win all the time.

Now remember play poker online and poker tournaments to boost your online practice.

When you sit down at the table there are two things I look for right away. Most of you guys play full table games so you will have to adapt the strategy here at your own discretion but my advice comes from max 6 tables.

First off I guarantee if you play max 6 for a week straight you will learn more about poker then you ever will playing full tables. You are just forced to making constant decision in short periods of time which will improve your game immensely. Not to mention the profitability at short handed tables are much greater then full tables because inexperienced players tend to make an inordinate amount of mistakes leading to a much more profitable situation in the long run.

#1st thing you do upon sitting down:

Back to the nature at hand the first thing I look for is how tight or lose the blinds are. That is one of the first notes I make online into there "online notes section". Why? Because when I'm in LP and most people have folded I want to know if these guys will defend with any two cards, fold consistently, or only call when they have a hand or just check and fold when they miss. This is invaluable information which really helps when you go card dead. People often talk about how hard its make money when you don’t catch card. You know what I say to that BULLSHIT!!!. During a course of session there are plenty of situations where you can make money without ever having to show your cards you just need to learn to recognize them. This is one of those situations. The goal in cash game is try to stay even keel until you get a monster hand. By stealing blinds and pots with continuation bets in situations where the blinds are weak players you can stay profitable with little risk to your stack. Remember you are trying to stay even keel until that 2-1 or 4-1 favorite opportunity for you arrives to double through.

#2nd THING I do upon sitting down at the table and some could argue that this is more important that the first one.

We've all heard about the saying from rounders, " when a fish acts strong he's bluffing, when a fish acts weak he's strong". Well that was probably the best god dam information that entire move had to offer.

Upon sitting you'll notice ( especially at shorthanded tables) that certain people like bet the minimum in position or say bet 10 into a 50 pot or 4 into a 12 dollar pot etc etc. My point is they bet weak into a pot and your not sure what that means. So when I sit down what do I do? I answer that question by raising them. I would say about 70% they fold and I write into my notes online "weak means weak". Meaning every time they bet weak I know there weak and I can raise them with a decent raise. ( I even go even more into detail documenting what there bets on each street mean example: turn weak mean weak, river strong means strong....etc etc) EASY MONEY EARNED right then and there.

The second situation arises when you have the other types of people who bet pot (FUCK YOU FULLTILT for adding the pot bet button because every idiot and there mother can just click a button and bet strong which kills this strategy) or around pot. Once again I raise them a feeler amount in the beginning. For example let’s say someone bets out 20 into a 20 dollar pot I will raise about 45 to 55. That is perfect amount to figure out whether they have something or not. Most of the time u'll get an instant fold while other times they will hesitant call and you know there on a draw and play the rest of the hand accordingly. But the end result is now you have diagnosed the two types of basic players that play poker.

Think this sounds too simple to be true. Well I'm telling you its so freaking simple that people are dumb enough not to realize they do it all the time. People are creatures of habit and poker is about picking up on these habits. I cant tell you how many time u'll play against the min bet people where u raise them and they fold and u'll collect a decent pot with nothing. Or other times where u have a monster hand and someone min bets into you and your notes say "weak when strong" saving you a boat load of money. Think this stuff doesn’t work well here is a great example for you:

6 handed NL 2/4 game ( sorry CD doesn’t allow me to store hand histories so this is from memory)

Seat 1: Donkey 1 (400$) SB
Seat 2:Decent Player (500$) BB (Online notes say cold calls a strong hand, slow plays till river)
Seat 3: Donkey 2 ( 925$) UNG ( Online notes says weak when strong)
Seat 4: Donkey 3 (294$)
Seat 5: Me (825$)
Seat 6: Donkey (65$)

Donkey 2 UNG limps for 4$
Donkey 3 folds
I raise to 20$ with (Ad Kh)
Donkey fold
Donkey 1 folds
Decent player calls raise to 20$
UNG limp calls raise to 20

3 way action to the flop with a pot of 66$

Flop of Ah Kd 2c

Now this is a dream flop for me especially considering I'm in position. There is really nothing there I should be scared of so I decided to check the flop after both players checked to me to allow them to catch up

Turn is a 3s

The Decent player checks, the Donkey bets the minimum 4 $ and I think for a second. Since his notes say weak when strong I have to figure out if he's flopped two pair or a set. This is one of the toughest decisions in poker I feel. Because laying down two pair here is a huge mistake if the player has flopped another two pair. And alot of pro's say you should go broke with top two pair. Honestly I hate that line that you should go broke. I think it’s a load of crap. There is no reason you should go broke.....if you feel Ur beat you should lay down. The only reason you won’t be able to lay down is because of your ego or lack of discipline that’s it. There is never a reason you should go broke just like there is never a reason that you should win just because you’re good. You have to earn your money it’s never handed to you in poker ( though sometimes it is)

So I decide to raise to 24$ and see what the donkey does and play the hand from there. All of sudden decent player cold calls my raise.

Whenever a player cold calls a raise it’s scary. Why? Because there is usually two and only two possible outcomes (1) they are on a draw or (2) they have a monster. In this case there was no draw out there unless he called a raise with 45 and turned the straight. But considering he was a decent player calling out the BB I put him on a strong hand.

The Donkey who had min raised now immediately reraises the pot to 85. Now I realize that one of these two guys has a set guaranteed. Buts it’s tough to convince yourself of that so I pretend im the Donkey and think about the situation. If I had a raise and cold call in front of me what would I do? If I was short stacked I would push, but if I had a decent amount of chips which was the case I would reraises an amount which would likely get a call from both players. I stepped outside of myself and looked at the situation as if I wasn’t in the hand. I realized that the only way to make a play like that would be that he had to have a set. So I did something I normally don’t do. I FOLDED TOP TWO PAIR.

The decent player then RR all in and the donkey calls. The river is a blank and the decent player shows AK while the donkey had 33 for set. That really pissed me off cause had I bet the flop there is now way he would have seen that turn and I split the pot instead of losing 50 or so in it. But I made the correct lay down thanks to my notes. If I had never written weak when strong there is now way I would have been able to figure out the situation and diagnosis it properly.

So as you can this strategy does work and I use it all the time. Yes as you move up in level this is more and more difficult because people bet weak in order to get a raise etc etc but this strategy is a gold mine at most levels. This works best against amateurs.

Hope you guys learned a bit and it improved your game a little. Next week I will write about raising for information.

GL at the tables.......

Slow but steady grind...

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 22:54:00 +0000

Here's how last week finished up:

Rollercoasters are fun...

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:29:00 +0000

Played everything from 5/10nl to 1/2nl today which accounts for the up and down in profit all day but none the less another good one. Since I'm only gonna be playing two days a week to balance school (mondays and fridays) I'm more then happy with it

Till next time...

First week back...things haven't changed and I love it

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:12:00 +0000

Here's how today went:

And here's how my first week + a day went:

Start Surgery rotation tomorrow so wish me luck but I'll continue to play through my rotation since its not supposed to be that demanding. My goal is balance studying for Step 2, rotations and poker all in the next three month while padding my bank account significantly....wish me luck

till next time

Economy is in the tubes...so I play poker to make money (again).

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:35:00 +0000

No I haven't fallen endlessly into the abyss that is medicine. Okay maybe I have. However with my stocks/mutuals at 25% of what they used to be the time has come for me to come out of "retirement" and head back into the degenerate world of poker. Two days in and I'm already hating and loving the feeling. Here's how I've panned out so far.

Two significant hands:

(1) Before reading this hand realize that on a hand earlier I had watched jacob just call a raise from late position with AJo then call a 120+ dollar all in preflop with AJo. So my gauge about his play was fishy fishy fishy!

FullTiltPoker Game #10319310478: Table Hedge Top - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:58:22 ET - 2009/01/29

Seat 3: rspr41 ($405.90)

Seat 7: jacob_caskets ($136)

The button is in seat #7

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rspr41 [Qh Kd]

rspr41 raises to $12

jacob_caskets raises to $20---------Could mean anything but I didn't think he was that strong

rspr41 has 15 seconds left to act
rspr41 calls $8
*** FLOP *** [6c Qc 7d]
rspr41 checks
jacob_caskets bets $46-------His immediate pot sized bet is what threw me watching him play before I noticed no hesitation in going to bat with overcards n no pair
rspr41 raises to $385.90, and is all in------I figured he's got air or a draw either way I want to make him pay. If he happens to have a real hand I still got out plus he's relatively short stacked
jacob_caskets has 15 seconds left to act
jacob_caskets calls $70, and is all in
rspr41 shows [Qh Kd]
jacob_caskets shows [Jc Ah]-------WOW NO PAIR NO DRAW!!!!!
Uncalled bet of $269.90 returned to rspr41
*** TURN *** [6c Qc 7d] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [6c Qc 7d Jh] [3d]
rspr41 shows a pair of Queens
jacob_caskets shows a pair of Jacks
rspr41 wins the pot ($275) with a pair of Queens
jacob_caskets is sitting out

(2) This one is self explanatory. I flopped quads and waited for the player to hit his hand. The funny thing about this hand is the guy who's a regular, RR me on the river with fullhouse out there. He could have saved himself about a 150$ by just calling but hey I"m not complaining..

FullTiltPoker Game #10319632309: Table Hedge Top - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:22:58 ET - 2009/01/29

Seat 3: rspr41 ($600.40)

Seat 9: Schappell ($311)

dibbla posts the small blind of $2
rspr41 posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #9

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rspr41 [8h 8d]
AA POKORHAN AA calls $4
Make7UpYours folds
Max Revenge folds
Bobz2433 folds
holdem_heels folds
Schappell raises to $16
dibbla folds
rspr41 calls $12
AA POKORHAN AA calls $12
*** FLOP *** [8s Ks 8c]
rspr41 checks
AA POKORHAN AA checks
Schappell bets $33
rspr41 calls $33
AA POKORHAN AA folds
*** TURN *** [8s Ks 8c] [Ah]
rspr41 checks
Schappell checks
*** RIVER *** [8s Ks 8c Ah] [4s]
rspr41 has 15 seconds left to act
rspr41 bets $115-----Was hoping he hit his flush or had AK for the call
Schappell raises to $262, and is all in---Didn't except the extra all in but rookie mistake on his part
rspr41 calls $147
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Schappell shows [As Ts] a flush, Ace high
rspr41 shows [8h 8d] four of a kind, Eights
rspr41 wins the pot ($637) with four of a kind, Eights

Till next time.....

Cruel Christmas Prank

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 22:56:00 +0000

So this kid thinks he's getting a X-Box 360 but instead gets....

Merry Christmas to all n Happy Holidays

Profit comes from any situation regardless of cards....

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:55:00 +0000

FullTiltPoker Game #9231709000: Table Courage - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: czarcaesarxx ($400)
Seat 2: jon xyz ($92)
Seat 3: KeystoneKrew ($609.70)
Seat 4: peter00 ($106)
Seat 5: Kingsizex3 ($401.60)
Seat 6: passiveharry ($428.60)
Seat 7: rspr41 ($358.40)
Seat 8: Bluffsalot83 ($438.30)
Seat 9: Marty Swaps ($90.40)
rspr41 posts the small blind of $2
Bluffsalot83 posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rspr41 [Ah 4s]
Marty Swaps folds
czarcaesarxx folds
jon xyz folds
KeystoneKrew calls $4
peter00 folds
Kingsizex3 folds
passiveharry has 15 seconds left to act
passiveharry folds
rspr41 calls $2
Bluffsalot83 has 15 seconds left to act
Bluffsalot83 checks
*** FLOP *** [Qd 5h Qs]
rspr41 has 15 seconds left to act
rspr41 bets $6---First to act with a blind and a limper in LP I think I can take this down right here
Bluffsalot83 has 15 seconds left to act
Bluffsalot83 is sitting out
Bluffsalot83 has timed out
Bluffsalot83 folds
KeystoneKrew raises to $16---Now this is where it gets interesting b/c a raise that small of just 10$ from someone who limp in from LP has maybe 5 or AIR written all over it. I decide to see where he's at
rspr41 has 15 seconds left to act
Bluffsalot83 has returned
rspr41 raises to $36-------Repop to see what he's going to do. Now notice the raise is an amount I would raise if I had the Q as well so it works both ways with a bluff and/or made hand
KeystoneKrew has 15 seconds left to act
KeystoneKrew calls $20--------his extended pause call means to me has got the 5 and he wants to call off one more card
*** TURN *** [Qd 5h Qs] [4d]
rspr41 bets $25-----------80$+ in the pot right and I lead weak b/c I'm thinking he folds to pretty much anything here
KeystoneKrew folds
Uncalled bet of $25 returned to rspr41
rspr41 mucks
rspr41 wins the pot ($81)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $84 | Rake $3
Board: [Qd 5h Qs 4d]
Seat 1: czarcaesarxx didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: jon xyz didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: KeystoneKrew folded on the Turn
Seat 4: peter00 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Kingsizex3 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: passiveharry (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: rspr41 (small blind) collected ($81), mucked
Seat 8: Bluffsalot83 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Marty Swaps didn't bet (folded)

If you can't learn to take advantage of these types of situations you're missing out on EASY money in poker....

People never learn TP is NOT GOOOOOOOOOD!

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 20:58:00 +0000

Full Tilt Poker Game #9232172671: Table Courage - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:39:30 ET - 2008/11/29

Seat 7: rspr41 ($324)
Seat 8: Bluffsalot83 ($400)

rspr41 posts the small blind of $2
Bluffsalot83 posts the big blind of $4

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rspr41 [Ts 9c]
CoachTooz folds
lryyyyyy folds
jon xyz folds
KeystoneKrew folds
peter00 folds
Kingsizex3 folds
passiveharry has 15 seconds left to act
passiveharry folds
rspr41 calls $2
Bluffsalot83 raises to $16
rspr41 calls $12-------I call because the last two times he raised my blinds heads up so I didn't think he had much and was just trying to steal as per usual
*** FLOP *** [5s Qc Ks]
rspr41 checks
Bluffsalot83 has 15 seconds left to act
Bluffsalot83 bets $24
rspr41 calls $24----------I know if i hit my gutshot I stack this fool
*** TURN *** [5s Qc Ks] [Jc]------money card!
rspr41 checks
Bluffsalot83 checks
*** RIVER *** [5s Qc Ks Jc] [7h]---------74$ total in the pot right now and I'm thinking perfect time for a FUEL type bet...
rspr41 bets $284, and is all in
Bluffsalot83 has 15 seconds left to act
Bluffsalot83 calls $284
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rspr41 shows [Ts 9c] a straight, King high
Bluffsalot83 mucks
rspr41 wins the pot ($645) with a straight, King high
Bluffsalot83 adds $324
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $648 | Rake $3
Board: [5s Qc Ks Jc 7h]
Seat 1: lryyyyyy didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: jon xyz didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: KeystoneKrew didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: peter00 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Kingsizex3 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: passiveharry (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: rspr41 (small blind) showed [Ts 9c] and won ($645) with a straight, King high
Seat 8: Bluffsalot83 (big blind) mucked [Kd Td] - a pair of Kings
Seat 9: CoachTooz didn't bet (folded

Breaking new study!

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 02:54:00 +0000

This was recently publish ed by Cornell University citing that "High levels of annual precipitation have been linked to a higher prevalence of autism, a finding that suggests there may be an environmental trigger for the condition in genetically vulnerable children."

While that is groundbreaking news filled with significant correlations the Raveen Shenoi foundation has recent embarked on a new studying showing that breathing oxygen eventually leads to death. But don't worry the study only seems relevant for people who were breathing on days that ended with a y.....

Sometimes death is a good thing.....

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:49:00 +0000

Recently had a young patient about my age with Downs (mentally like 4 year old), hypothyroidism, ESRD (end stage renal disease), DM1, obesity (300+lbs) and Calciphylaxis. All compiling into a PISS POOR prognosis without no turn around in site. He initially was a DNI (do not intubate) but ended up being intubated at the last minute after a change of mind. However the reason I'm telling you all this had nothing to do with the bilateral necrotic skin lesions on his legs, the smell of rotting flesh every time we wandered into his room, the absolute fright in this poor kids eyes when we would enter the room without his family by his bed side or even the dismal prognosis. Nope non of that phased me because we all knew the inevitable was coming even though the family refused to be believe it.

However that poor kid finally passed away. And instead of being sad for him and his parents I couldn't help but actually feel relieved. Months of hospitalizations and confounding comorbidites finally put that kid into a better place. In some ways I'm sure even the parents are some what relieved.

Throughout school all you here about is saving lives, but you never understand how many lives you just have no control over in "real world medicine". One of the biggest lessons I've learned so far on this rotation has been to know when its time to just let the patient pass. Its not something easy to come to gripes because its so counter intuitive to everything you've learned but, its a necessary "evil". Maybe they should teach more of that in medical school: when enough is enough......

Will the Washington Redskins predict the next president?

raveen.shenoi@gmail.com (Pseudo_Doctor) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:18:00 +0000

Most of you guys probably don't care about MNF but I found this interesting. The last 15/16 elections were predicted correctly by whether the Redskins win tonight's game. If the Redskins win then the incumbent stays in office. If they lose the incumbents get kicked out of office. How accurate has this been, well look for yourself.

From this website......

Claim: The outcome of Washington Redskins home football games has correctly predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential election since 1936.

On 30 October 2000 the Washington Redskins lost a Monday night game at home to the Tennessee Titans, 27-21, presaging a loss for the incumbent Democratic party. Since President Bill Clinton had already been elected to the constitutionally-mandated maximum of two terms in office, the 7 November 2000 presidential election pitted Democratic Vice-President Al Gore against Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas. In the closest (and most controversial) presidential election since 1876, Governor Bush gained the White House by the slim margin of five electoral votes, thereby fulfilling the Redskin prophecy.

On 27 October 1996 the Washington Redskins defeated the Indianapolis Colts at home, 31-16, predicting a win for the incumbent Democrats. Sure enough, in the 5 November 1996 general election, Democratic President Bill Clinton won re-election over his Republican challenger, Senator Bob Dole of Kansas.

On 1 November 1992 the Washington Redskins lost to the New York Giants at home, 24-7, predicting a similar loss for the incumbent Republicans. As expected, in the 3 November 1992, Republican President George H. W. Bush lost his re-election bid to Governor Bill Clinton of Arkansas.

On 6 November 1988 the Washington Redskins edged the New Orleans Saints at home, 27-24, predicting a win for the incumbent Republicans. As President Ronald Reagan had already been elected twice, the 8 November 1988 election once again matched a sitting Vice-President, Republican George H. W. Bush, against a challenger, Democratic Governor Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. True to form, Vice-President Bush emerged victorious.

On 5 November 1984 the Washington Redskins bested the Atlanta Falcons in a Monday night home game, 27-14, predicting a win for the incumbent Republicans. The next day, President Ronald Reagan handily defeated his Democratic challenger, former Vice-President and Senator Walter F. Mondale of Minnesota, winning re-election with an electoral vote landslide.

On 2 November 1980 the Washington Redskins were trounced at home by the Minnesota Vikings, 39-14, predicting a loss for the incumbent Democrats. As expected, on 4 November 1980 President Jimmy Carter failed in his re-election bid, losing to his Republican opponent, former California governor Ronald Reagan.

On 31 October 1976 the Washington Redskins were spooked by the Dallas Cowboys in a Halloween Day home game, losing 20-7 and predicting a loss for the incumbent Republicans. Two days later, on 2 November 1976, Democratic Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia unseated President Gerald Ford (who had been appointed Vice-President after the resignation of Spiro Agnew in 1973 and became chief executive in 1974 after President Richard Nixon also resigned).

On 22 October 1972 the Washington Redskins edged the Dallas Cowboys, 24-20, predicting a win for the incumbent Republicans. The 7 November 1972 election resulted in the electoral vote landslide re-election of President Richard Nixon over the Democratic nominee, Senator George McGovern of South Dakota.

On 27 October 1968 the Washington Redskins lost a close game to the New York Giants, 13-10, predicting a loss for the incumbent Democrats. Since President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced several months earlier that he would not seek another term as president, the November 1968 election was a contest between sitting Vice-President Hubert Humphrey and a former Vice-President, Republican Richard Nixon. In a mirror of the Redskins game, the Democrats lost in a close contest (the two candidates were separated by a slim 0.6% margin in the popular vote).

On 25 October 1964 the Washington Redskins beat the Chicago Bears, 27-20, predicting a win for the incumbent Democrats. As predicted, on 3 November 1964 President Lyndon Johnson (who had ascended to the White House after the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963) won a landslide victory over Republican Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona.

On 30 October 1960 the Washington Redskins were pasted at home by the Cleveland Browns, 31-10, predicting a loss for the incumbent Republicans. President Dwight D. Eisenhower had already served two terms, so Vice-President Richard Nixon took up the Republican mantle against Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts in the 8 November 1960 presidential election. Like the Redskins, the Republicans lost; unlike the Redskins, the Republicans made the contest a very close one. (Kennedy bested Nixon by a mere 0.2% margin in the popular vote.)

On 21 October 1956 the Washington Redskins soundly defeated the Cleveland Browns at home, 20-9, predicting a win for the incumbent Republicans on 6 November 1956. And, for the second straight election, the Republicans and their standard-bearer, Dwight D. Eisenhower, prevailed over the Democratic nominee, Adlai Stevenson.

On 2 November 1952 the Washington Redskins lost a squeaker to the Pittsburgh Steelers at home, 24-23, predicting a similar loss for the incumbent Democrats. President Harry S. Truman declined to run for re-election (he had already served eight years), leaving the field open for former Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson to stand against the Republican candidate, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The Democrats' loss on 4 November 1952 was not nearly as close as the Redskins' had been.

On 31 October 1948, the Washington Redskins walloped the Boston Yanks at home, 59-21, predicting a win for the incumbent Democrats. Two days later, In one of the most stunning political upsets in U.S. history, President Harry S. Truman (who had assumed office in 1945 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt died shortly after beginning his fourth term) defeated his Republican challenger, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York.

On 5 November 1944, the Washington Redskins trimmed the Cleveland Rams at home, 14-10, predicting a win for the incumbent Democrats. And win the Democrats did, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt secured an unprecedented fourth term by defeating the Republican nominee, Thomas Dewey, on 7 November 1944.

On 3 November 1940, the Washington Redskins thrashed the Pittsburgh Pirates (forebears of today's Steelers team) at home, 37-10, predicting a win for the incumbent Democrats. Likewise, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first (and only) three-term president as he thrashed Republican challenger Wendell Willkie of New York (a former Democrat who had never held high elected office) on 5 November 1940.

Going back to 1936 puts us beyond the beginnings of the Washington Redskins, as that year the Redskins franchise was still playing in Boston. Nonetheless, their knack for foretelling the outcome of presidential elections was already in place. On 1 November 1936 the Boston Redskins downed the Chicago Cardinals at Fenway Park, 13-10, predicting a win for the incumbent Democrats. Two days later, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won re-election over Republican Governor Alf Landon of Kansas.

That is as far back as the streak goes. In 1932 the Washington Redskins were neither the Redskins nor a Washington team: they were the Boston Braves, and they played in Braves Field,

which they shared with the National League baseball team of the same name. On 6 November 1932 they won at home against the Staten Island Stapletons, 19-6, a result that should have foretold a presidential victory for the incumbent Republican party. Neither the Redskins' team name nor their predictive powers were yet evident, however, as President Herbert Hoover lost to his Democratic challenger, Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York, on 8 November 1932

Reality finally trumped coincidence in 2004: Despite the Green Bay Packers' 28-14 defeat of the Redskins at the latter's home field on 31 October, presaging a victory for Democratic challenger John Kerry in upcoming the presidential election, two days later incumbent President George W. Bush was re-elected, breaking the Redskins' predictive pattern. Though the Redskins indicator is no longer perfect, with 17 correct matches out of the last 18 elections it can still boast an impressive accuracy rate of 94.4%