# Anyone playing WSOP online?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-wsop-online/773341>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [November 29, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-wsop-online/773341 "2016-11-29T00:27:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-wsop-online/773341/1 "2016-11-29T00:27:32Z")

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I have been playing WSOP online Hold’em for several months. If anyone wants to swap stories, etc. about WSOP online, here’s the place.

For instance, I noticed early on that the eXperience Points (XP) that various people have do NOT always correspond to the size of their bankroll. I tried out a few theories on how this could be, based on people buying chips and getting Status Points (which I had confused with XPs), but I eventually discarded those theories.

Then I noticed that many people have a large discrepancy between their bankroll and largest pot won. How does someone win 1.99 billion (that’s Billion, with B), but only have less that half a million chips in their bankroll? When I watch those players play, they often go all-in after the river to discourage others from calling. Since this tactic usually works, we can never know whether or not the player was bluffing, but the signs are there.

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**Author:** ![OffByOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/45deac/32.png) [@OffByOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OffByOne)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-wsop-online/773341/2 "2016-11-29T22:11:36Z")

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No one?

How about this, then? The message displayed while loading sometimes says something about the most comprehensive play-tracking anywhere. When I click on my icon, I can see my pre-flop fold percentage, as well as the percentages for folding in each of the other situations, along with a few other stats. Are these the stats that are supposed to be the most comprehensive, or am I missing something?

And what about the eXperience Points? How many times do I have to see “+5K XP” before I progress to the next level?

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**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2016, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-playing-wsop-online/773341/3 "2016-12-01T21:12:02Z")

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> [@OffByOne](#):
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> How does someone win 1.99 billion (that’s Billion, with B), but only have less that half a million chips in their bankroll?

Admittedly I don’t play WSOP Online, but… they lost a lot after that big win? This doesn’t seem so surprising to me.