The "Ghost" extra chips in the WSOP ME

[BobFeduniak]

Here is a possible benign explanation for the extra chips:

I think the published chip counts are based on the amounts that the players count and write on their name/seating/chip count cards and seal with their chips in plastic bags. Those amounts aren't verified by anybody and I've heard off and on in recent years that some players purposely overstate their chip counts for various reasons (such as liking to appear higher in the chip count listings). Even so, the large jump late in the ME is eye-catching.

Bob Feduniak