diff --git a/src/lib/minigames/poker/stats.ts b/src/lib/minigames/poker/stats.ts
index 0e62d0b..74d363c 100644
--- a/src/lib/minigames/poker/stats.ts
+++ b/src/lib/minigames/poker/stats.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@ export interface PokerStats {
   xpEarned: number;
 }
 
+/**
+ * XP rework in progress: when false, finished games still record placements,
+ * hands won, and best chips, but xpEarned is untouched and no XP push fires.
+ * Flip to true to resume placement-based XP payouts.
+ */
+export const POKER_XP_ENABLED = false;
+
 /**
  * XP per placement, scaled by table size:
  * 1st = 40x, 2nd = 20x, 3rd = 10x, 4th = 5x (times playerCount).
@@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ export async function awardPokerGameResult(
   const xpByUser: Record<number, number> = {};
 
   for (const result of results) {
-    const xp = xpForPlacement(result.placement, playerCount);
+    const xp = POKER_XP_ENABLED ? xpForPlacement(result.placement, playerCount) : 0;
     xpByUser[result.userId] = xp;
 
     try {
@@ -123,7 +130,10 @@ export async function awardPokerGameResult(
       }
 
       const current = readPokerStats(profile);
-      const next = computePokerStatsDelta(current, result, playerCount);
+      const delta = computePokerStatsDelta(current, result, playerCount);
+      const next: PokerStats = POKER_XP_ENABLED
+        ? delta
+        : { ...delta, xpEarned: current.xpEarned };
       const progression = (profile.progression ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
       const minigames = (progression.minigames ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
 
@@ -143,11 +153,13 @@ export async function awardPokerGameResult(
         depth: 0,
       });
 
-      broadcastToUser("profile-update", result.userId, {
-        reason: "xp",
-        xpGained: xp,
-        profileId: profile.id,
-      });
+      if (xp > 0) {
+        broadcastToUser("profile-update", result.userId, {
+          reason: "xp",
+          xpGained: xp,
+          profileId: profile.id,
+        });
+      }
     } catch (error) {
       const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
       payload.logger.error(