diff --git a/JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/js/casino/holdem/main.js b/JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/js/casino/holdem/main.js
index f6915ae..30137cc 100644
--- a/JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/js/casino/holdem/main.js
+++ b/JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/js/casino/holdem/main.js
@@ -183,10 +183,38 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
         });
     };
 
-    document.getElementById("seatCountInput").addEventListener("change", e => {
-        HoldemState.resizeSeats(state, Number(e.target.value));
-        hooks.save(state);
-        Render.renderAll();
+    // A seat that has anything of a player in it — a name, chips, cash in, or a hand
+    // in progress. Shrinking the table throws these away permanently, and it also
+    // orphans them in the session standings, where they keep their winnings but lose
+    // the stack and buy-in the settle-up is worked out from.
+    const seatHasSomeoneIn = player =>
+        !!(player.name && player.name.trim()) ||
+        player.inHand ||
+        (Number(player.stack) || 0) > 0 ||
+        (Number(player.buyIns) || 0) > 0 ||
+        (Number(player.amountOverride) || 0) > 0;
+
+    document.getElementById("seatCountInput").addEventListener("change", async e => {
+        const requested = Math.max(2, Math.min(24, Math.floor(Number(e.target.value)) || state.seatCount));
+        const losing = state.seats.slice(requested).filter(seatHasSomeoneIn);
+
+        if (losing.length > 0) {
+            const who = losing
+                .map((p, i) => HoldemState.displayName(p, requested + state.seats.slice(requested).indexOf(p)))
+                .join(", ");
+            const ok = await Dialog.confirm({
+                title: `Remove ${losing.length} ${losing.length === 1 ? "player" : "players"}?`,
+                message: `Going down to ${requested} seats takes ${who} off the table along with their chips and buy-ins, and their session totals stop adding up.`,
+                confirmLabel: "Remove them",
+                danger: true,
+            });
+            if (!ok) {
+                e.target.value = state.seatCount;
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        runUndoable(`Table set to ${requested} seats.`, () => HoldemState.resizeSeats(state, requested));
     });
 
     document.getElementById("directionSelect").addEventListener("change", e => {