What is (XP) experience and how does it work?

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Zynga has recently added experience points and levels to Texas Hold ‘Em Poker. Experience rewards players who regularly participate in Poker by giving them special gifts and boosts for playing and winning hands of poker. The bigger the pot the more experience points you get.
In Zynga Poker, experience points are earned by playing and winning hands of Poker, and by placing in tournaments.
In normal play you earn XP from playing any hands of Poker, win or lose, as long as you do not fold. You will earn more from winning hands than you will from losing hands but you always gain XP by playing Poker.
Moving up in levels will make certain items in the gift shop available to you along with giving one-time gifts of poker chips at each level. If you want to know what your title is along with what you can get for hitting a certain level please consult the chart below:

Level	Name	XP Needed	Chip Gift	Game Gift Unlocked
1	Fish	0
2	Fish	5	5
3	Fish	30	10	Energy Drink
5	Playa	55	25	Sunflower
7	Playa	104		Pizza
10	Under Dog	195	50	Bacon Flavored Vodka, Beef Jerkey, Hookah
12	Under Dog	275	75
15	Big Dog	395	100	Love Potion
18	Big Dog	515		Vegemite
20	Cowboy	595	150	Cupid
25	Shark	775	200	Pipe
30	Rounder	925	250	Poison, Angel
35	Marksman	1075
40	Pro	1225	500	Devil
45	Star	1375
50	Legend	1525	1000

Currently the highest level that can be reached in Poker is level 50. We will post more information as more levels are opened up!