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How To Avoid Poker Tilt: Top-notch Advice From The Pros

Believe it or not, tilt is one of the most common mistakes in poker that occur to almost all players, even the professional ones. To put it simply, tilt refers to a poor state of mind, usually caused by frustration.
Consequently, players tend to let their emotions control their actions, leading to costly mistakes.
Poker is not only a game of tactics and skills but also of emotional control. Everyone knows about tilt, but not all can avoid it. Keep in mind that while there is no universal tip to combat tilt, it is essential that you recognize that you’re on tilt. Here in this article, let’s find out the common causes and how to avoid poker tilts.
What Causes Tilt?
Tilt is a general problem in every poker play. As it is a psychological problem, its manifestations vary in many different situations. That can be when one person dislikes another player and plays his/her hands emotionally rather than rationally. It can also be that one player feels insecure and lacks confidence, which makes him/her become too defensive.
Here we have analyzed the three common causes of tilt that you should learn how to avoid as much as possible:
- Bad beat: This seems to be the most common reason that leave players frustrated. You obviously have a stronger hand than your opponent, but he/she still manages to win somehow. Or, in some cases, when you think you have a strong hand, but it turns out that your opponent’s one is even stronger. Needless to say, such afflictions make you go on tilt easily.
- Long-term downswing: Excessive losses can drive players nuts and make them lose their stability. If they go on tilt, they will continue to lose their money at a quicker pace. When the bad luck ends, these players may have no bankroll left to recover their losses.
- Chat talk/ Table talk: We are all easily influenced by other people’s words. So, if you want to prevent tilt with your best efforts, when playing game bài online, try to ignore the chatbox and avoid attending the conversation, if not necessary. And when in a live poker game, you should be mentally prepared before attending a table talk and choose your words wisely.
How To Avoid Poker Tilt
Try to recognize the tilt
The foremost thing to do before combating your tilt is to recognize it instead of pretending that it doesn’t matter. There are a variety of syndromes telling you that you are on a tilt, such as:
- You start to count your loss, and you impatiently try to get your money back.
- You begin to hate a specific player and feel the urge to take revenge on him/her.
- You are angry and start to trash-talk.
- You lose money very fast, but you cannot stop yourself from playing with the aim of recovering the losses.
- Your ranges abnormally become wider after each round.
- You slack off with managing your bankroll. You do not want to step back down a level even when you have lost some buy-ins.
So, the best advice under all circumstances is to try to keep your state of mind clear and straightforward with rational moves. Make sure that you have considered all the available options before making the final moves.
Control your emotion
Liv Boeree, a famous poker champion, advised that before sitting down at a poker table, make sure that you are emotionally stable at your best. During the play, it is also important to realize your own emotions to readjust to the appropriate behaviors. If you let your opponents see that you are on tilt, he/she will definitely take advantage of that to defeat you.
In case when you feel that you are gradually losing control, here are some tips:
Take a short break immediately: You may want to take a break for some minutes to regain your focus and calm your temper before attending the game. Or if you feel that you need some days off from poker, just do it. Don’t ever let tilt ruin your love for poker!
- If you are a loose-aggressive player who make aggressive bets with lots of hands, you may need to back down to the micro limits. Don’t let aggression cost you a vast amount of money.
- For the tight-passive player type, consider stepping down the bet to one or two limits in a range that you know you can beat. This will make more gain better assurance and self-confidence.
Make downswing predictions
Don’t be afraid! Downswings and upswings are inevitable parts of a poker game, so you should be mentally prepared that they can unexpectedly occur to you.
Everybody feels worse-off when going on a poker downswing, yet a good player will know how to handle it. To keep yourself calm and prepared for the downswing, you should understand its nature.
Keep track of your win rate, your playing styles, and other variances by using a poker variance calculator, for example. Then, try your best to minimize the impacts of the downswings as much as possible. One recommended method is to keep your bankroll balance with enough buy-ins for the current stakes.
Analyze your mistakes
According to Daniel Negreanu, one of the world-renowned professional poker players, if you learn nothing from your mistakes, then you make another big mistake. This rule applies in almost every life aspect, not just in poker.
Bear in mind that in poker, every mistake is a valuable lesson that teaches you something for future breakthroughs. Also, it is an opportunity for you to take a closer look at your techniques and tactics.
Practice and practice
Although it sounds like an easy thing to do, not everyone can remain calm while they are sitting at the table in real life. Hence, one practical way to fight poker tilt is to keep on practicing, not only in live games but also in online plays (check out some gambling websites like https://vin88.vip/. Having experience in dealing with your emotions can significantly give you an edge over your opponents.
Besides, it is best to avoid typical ways of thinking like “I’m only having some bad lucks today” or “I’m doing well today.” Such objective thinkings will do nothing but lead you to frustration faster.
Conclusion
Tilt is an unavoidable part that happens to every poker player that you know. Everybody goes through it, but only the good players can control it. Knowing how to avoid poker tilt does not only prevent you from making costly mistakes, but it is also useful in helping you manage your emotions in real-life situations.
We hope that this article can be a great help to you and your poker plays. Thanks for reading!
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Tony Elumelu Convenes Global Leaders And Calls for Immediate Climate Action for Africa at COP28 in Dubai

At a series of events across COP28, Tony Elumelu delivered a single message to world leaders: Africa needs to be heard, Africa’s future is the world’s future and the continent that is most impacted by and the least contributor to climate change, needs our attention. With African youth set to make up one third of global population later this century, the future of Africa’s youth, entrepreneurial, ambitious, resilient, needs to be given the highest priority.
Elumelu offered the infrastructure and experience of his own Foundation’s 10 year $100m entrepreneurship programme to partners, to catalyse a further generation of African entrepreneurs; entrepreneurs who can address climate change and drive the broader wealth creation that Africa requires. Reaching and funding young entrepreneurs in every African country, the Elumelu approach of sector agnostic seed funding, mentoring, and networking has delivered robust impact.
The annual COP UN Climate Change Conferences unites the world to assess progress in combatting climate change. Elumelu is one of Africa’s leading advocates for an equitable agenda for climate action and through the Tony Elumelu Foundation has empowered thousands of green entrepreneurs, shaping a more sustainable future for Africa.
The Tony Elumelu Foundation, in partnership with the United Bank for Africa (UBA), hosted a high-level session, bringing together Africans, and key players in the Gulf, Europe, and Americas, where UBA operates, underscoring the urgent need for innovative approaches to climate adaptation and mitigation, while fostering sustainable development, and bringing attention to Africa’s unique position.
Speakers included Dr. Okonjo Iweala, Director General, World Trade Organization; Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, UNDP, Kevin Frey, CEO, UNICEF Generation Unlimited; Sergio Pimenta, VP Africa, IFC; Wendy Teleki, Head of the Women Entrepreneurs Financial Initiative, World Bank; Adam Wang-Levine, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate; Joseph Nganga, Vice President, Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet, Rockefeller Foundation; Hassan Al Hashemi, VP International Relations, Dubai Chambers; Serge Ekué, Chairman, West African Development Bank (BOAD); Muyiwa Akinyemi, Deputy Group Managing Director, United Bank for Africa; and Mattias Frumerie, Swedish Climate Ambassador and Head of Delegation, UNFCCC.
“Addressing climate change is the paramount challenge of our era. The urgency is unmistakable.” Elumelu stated. “It is critical that Africa, as a continent, and African voices, play a key role in global climate conversations, as meaningful participants, and no longer as bystanders. Africa is least responsible and is disproportionately impacted by climate change. I am investing in a generation of green entrepreneurs, and we are extending the hand of partnership, so that others can benefit and use the infrastructure and platform we have created to reach entrepreneurs across Africa.”
Elumelu represented the African private sector at the 2023 New Global Financing Pact in Paris at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, and the Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum in London, at the invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and U.S. President Biden. At the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA78) in New York, the Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF) launched a first-of-its-kind Green Entrepreneurship Programme, the #BeGreenAfrica Initiative, in partnership with the IKEA Foundation, Dutch Government and UNICEF GenU, to support green entrepreneurship and youth development.
Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur from Madagascar in the green economy, Marie-Christiana Kola, shared a compelling impact story. “As a beneficiary of the Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship programme, I was able to create a recycled and 100% biodegradable hand soap made with waste cooked oil – the number one water polluter of water in African urban cities. These soaps do not only protect the environment, but they are also solidarity soaps. I was also able to attend the COP27 conference in Egypt, where I won the Innovation Prize. Today, I have employed over 30 people because of the Tony Elumelu Foundation.”
Speaking at the TEF #COP28 high-level event, Dr. Okonjo Iweala, DG, World Trade Organisation stated, “I am proud of what my brother, Tony Elumelu, has done in empowering and inspiring so many young entrepreneurs. We have no choice; the future is green. The future of growth is two things – it is green, and it must be inclusive. I am very interested in partnerships with organisations like TEF.”
Ahunna Eziakonwa, Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, UNDP added, “The reason why UNDP associated itself with the Tony Elumelu Foundation years ago is because of the leadership and courage of the Foundation to trust and invest in young Africans. It was one of the first organisation to do so at that scale.”
The Foundation partnered with the UNDP to empower thousands in the Sahel, with an ambitious project to impact the lives one million young Africans.
Sergio Pimenta, VP, Africa at the IFC, also stated, “Tony, I salute you and your Foundation for what you have been doing to support young entrepreneurs in Africa. The IFC has deployed $2billion in funding for African SMEs in the last fiscal year and we are very excited to be able to do more, working with you.”
Kevin Frey, CEO UNICEF Generation Unlimited added, “With TEF, we have moved in a concerted way into the entrepreneurial space. Generation Unlimited now have a flagship programme with the Tony Elumelu Foundation called #BeGreenAfrica, launched in Kenya, and now with the support of the IKEA Foundation and the Dutch Government, we have scaled to Nigeria, Morocco, South Africa, and Senegal. We will train and seed 500 green entrepreneurs this year in the pilot project across those countries. So Tony, thank you so much, you are right it is all about partnerships.”
Wendy Teleki, Head of the Women Entrepreneurs Financial Initiative at the World Bank, announced, “Our women-focused initiative has been able to secure $3.6 billion to finance women entrepreneurs in 67 countries across the world, and is set to launch a new programme focused on financing African women entrepreneurs to drive the continent’s green energy transition, and we are keen to work with the Tony Elumelu Foundation.”
Mattias Frumerie, Swedish Climate Ambassador and Head of UNFCCC Delegation stated, “My Government and I commend the Tony Elumelu Foundation’s incredible impact across Africa, and will facilitate connections between the Tony Elumelu Foundation, and the Swedish embassies across Africa to drive innovation, digitalisation, and green-energy transition, which promises to bring about new jobs and growth.”
Adam Wang-Levine, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate, added” Before coming to the United States Treasury, I was working in venture capital, and I know first-hand that it is incredibly important what the Tony Elumelu Foundation is doing. I have seen two pillars of their work – financing and the mentorship – just as I have seen with Silicon Valley, which helps to drive innovation and jobs creation. We are excited to begin partnership conversations.”
Muyiwa Akinyemi, Deputy GMD, United Bank for Africa, announced, “For us, UBA, we give market access into 20 geographies in Africa. Everything that we do is around Africa, and that is why we have partnered with the Afrexim Bank to launch the $6billion fund for SMEs with a focus on import substitution, working in four key areas including climate emission reduction.”
Earlier in the day, Tony Elumelu joined Ajay Banga, President of World Bank Group; Brian Moynihan, Chair of the Board and CEO of Bank of America; Ms. Ruth Porat, President, Alphabet and Google; and Ms. Laurene Powell Jobs, Founder & President of Emerson Collective as a panelist in a session titled “Big, Audacious and Green: A Convergence of Visionaries”, moderated by Børge Brende, President of World Economic Forum.
On Sunday December 3 Mr. Tony Elumelu, also participated in a fireside conversation with Ms. Teresa Ribera, Vice President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Change, moderated by Sec. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and with closing remarks from Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General, World Health Organization.
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NoOnes Welcomes Ray Youssef as CEO, Pioneering Financial Empowerment in the Global South

NoOnes, the financial communication super app connecting people of the Global South to the world’s financial systems, has announced its official launch. The launch follows the appointment of Ray Youssef as CEO to champion the startup’s audacious mission to achieve a billion daily active users of Bitcoin within the next seven years.
Founded in 2023, NoOnes was developed to empower the financial freedom of the Global South. The platform enables users to move money freely and faster, without the friction and bottlenecks associated with legacy banking and financial institutions. Its business ideology hinges on the belief that peer-to-peer is the world’s only true free market and that Bitcoin is the new global financial architecture poised to uplift the people of Africa, Latin America and South East Asia. NoOnes’ biggest markets to date are Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, India and Philippines, accruing over 400,000 users worldwide to date, and achieving profitability within just under 4 months of operations.
The NoOnes app, available on Google Store, comprises three main components:
- ● A marketplace where users from 190 countries can buy or sell Bitcoin and stable coins with over 400 payment methods available (including gift cards, mobile money, bank transfers and other crypto currencies.)
- ● A wallet which acts as a store of value
- ● A messenger where the majority of peer-to-peer trades take place
In addition to its wide spectrum of product features, which also includes an upcoming advanced wallet functionality that enables bill payment processing with top African vendors, NoOnes is also dedicated to optimising the user experience, particularly for customers of the Global South. This focus involves removing constraints and enhancing accessibility through a simplified and seamless KYC onboarding process and the provision of a safe trading environment with a fast and effective localised dispute process.
Ray Youssef’s addition to the organisation brings with it a wealth of experience and insights across areas such as strategic planning, product innovation, growth hacking and operations management. As a seasoned entrepreneur, he brings years of insights to the organisation, having navigated the challenges of the startup landscape. Prior to joining NoOnes, Youssef had served as the CEO of Paxful, USA, INC. a company he founded and led to unprecedented heights.
Youssef is also one of the brains behind Built with Bitcoin, a foundation that aims to build 100 communities across Africa, helping to improve the physical, mental, environmental and financial health of the underserved.
Speaking on his new role as CEO of Noones, Ray Youssef, stated, ‘It’s an honour to assume this position and get straight to work. For the past 8 years, I have fought for financial sovereignty for the Global South. Finally, I am glad to be able to fulfil the mission I began almost a decade ago. I’m confident that Bitcoin will play a crucial role in promoting the prosperity of our continent, and I’m thrilled and privileged to contribute to the company’s ambition and growth. Our first major goal will be to create an interoperable Pan-African clearing layer taking intra African trade from the single digits, to levels comparable to intra-European trade. Africa alone has the potential to make NoOnes a trillion dollar company but when you factor in the rest of the global south the sky’s the limit.”
As a co-author of the CivKit whitepaper – a decentralised open-source protocol for Civilization 2.0 – Youssef emphasises his commitment to financial inclusion. He envisions Bitcoin playing a pivotal role in eradicating poverty and giving the Global South a rightful seat in the global financial conversation, fostering more trades and more wealth. NoOnes will be the first company to build on CivKit sharing its liquidity and welcoming new competitors to build a global free market together.
Youssef concluded, “The internet, mobile phones, and a wave of disruptive startups failed to truly disrupt money. At NoOnes, we believe that finishing Bitcoin is the way. New financial tools are creating unprecedented, borderless opportunities and these tools empower and will continue to empower the people in ways never seen before.”
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Ghana Diaspora All-Star Game -Tema City Edition 2023

Pro Basketball Academy in partnership with Tema Street Department presents the Ghana Diaspora All-Star Game -City Edition 2023. This event will be held at the Chinese Basketball Court -Tema (Community 4) on Tuesday, 26th December, 2023. (more…)
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4th Ghana Giving Summit set to unite philanthropic organizations for collective impact

In a celebration of generosity and a call to action, the 4th Ghana Giving Summit is poised to take center stage on Tuesday, December 5th, at the British Council. This annual national conference on philanthropy promises to be a transformative gathering, set to ignite change and co-create solutions for sustainable philanthropy in Ghana. (more…)
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Devtraco Plus presents ‘The Address’: The pinnacle of modern living at Roman Ridge

Devtraco Plus, a subsidiary of the Devtraco Group, and Ghana’s leading multiple award-winning luxury real estate developer, is thrilled to announce the launch of its latest development, “The Address.” Located in the prestigious Roman Ridge area. this project is poised to redefine modern living in Accra, offering a trio of towers that feature vacation, residential, and hotel apartments, each designed to elevate the standard of luxury living.
“The Address” stands as the epitome of Devtraco Plus’ mastery in crafting unparalleled real estate experiences. Drawing from the success of iconic projects like The Edge at Labone, Henrietta’s Residences at Cantonments, The Niiyo at Dzorwulu, Nova at Roman Ridge, The Pelican Hotel at Cantonments, and more. This new development sets a new benchmark for urban living, catering to those who are accustomed to excellence.
The development encompasses three distinct towers, each tailored to cater to the varying needs of residents. A 13-floor tower presents studios, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom vacation apartments, offering a retreat for those in search of relaxation and rejuvenation. Families seeking luxurious living spaces can choose from the 17-floor residential tower featuring studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, three-bedroom, and penthouse apartments. The third tower is an 18-floor hotel apartments to cater to both business and leisure travellers.
“The Address” aims to eliminate life’s inconveniences, providing an environment that enables residents to pursue their dreams amidst the tranquillity of one of Accra’s most cherished locations. Beyond being a development, it represents a lifestyle where residents wake up to breathtaking city views, enjoy rooftop fitness centres, access world-class amenities, benefit from top notch security services and entertain friends by the swimming pool.
Life at “The Address” is a seamless blend of convenience and luxury, offering in-house retail marts, a kids’ play area, a multipurpose sports complex, a private cinema, and a concierge service to handle daily errands. Strategically located within 15 minutes of the airport, top-notch schools, healthcare facilities, restaurants, shopping malls, and police stations, “The Address” promises to be the zenith of premium luxury living.
Units of the Vacation, Residential, and Hotel Apartments at “The Address” are currently available with a $5,000.00 reservation fee and a flexible payment plan. Seize this rare opportunity to become a resident of the most anticipated luxury development in the country. Secure a unit at “The Address,” and allow trusted property management companies to reward you with rental income.
The Address will be launched officially at the plush new office of the Devtraco Group on Thursday 14th December, 2023. For more information, visit TheAddress.DevtracoPlus.com
or call +233 (0) 270 000 004.
Devtraco Plus is a proud member of The Devtraco Group, a leading real estate developer that has shaped Ghana’s property development industry for three decades. Other companies in the Devtraco Group include Fabrico Builders, Talis Property Services, Landmark Restaurants, and The Devtraco Foundation.
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