diff --git a/JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/css/casino/holdem.css b/JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/css/casino/holdem.css
index d6ee36f..b413bb0 100644
--- a/JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/css/casino/holdem.css
+++ b/JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/css/casino/holdem.css
@@ -2029,12 +2029,50 @@ body.hasActionBar #holdemSidebar {
     color: #f0d9a8;
 }
 
-/* Whose turn it is, shown on the table itself as well as in the bar. */
+/* Whose turn it is, shown on the table itself as well as in the bar.
+   
+   Dealers say the biggest single time sink at a home table isn't how fast the cards
+   come out — it's players not noticing the action is on them. So this is the one
+   state that has to be unmistakable from across a table at a glance, and it was
+   distinguished only by a rim colour: a gold border and a 2px ring where a live seat
+   has a green border and a 1px one. Same fill, same size, nothing moving.
+
+   It now reads as lit rather than merely outlined: a solid ring at full strength, a
+   warm glow that separates it from the felt, and a lift of its own. The seat's
+   `transform` positions it around the table, so the lift is box-shadow rather than
+   translate — setting transform here would throw the seat off its spot. */
 .seat.seatActing {
-    border-color: #d8b46a;
+    border-color: #f0cd85;
+    background: linear-gradient(160deg, #3a3222, #241f16);
     box-shadow:
-        0 0 0 2px rgba(216, 180, 106, 0.45),
-        0 4px 16px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.55);
+        0 0 0 3px rgba(216, 180, 106, 0.9),
+        0 0 18px 2px rgba(216, 180, 106, 0.35),
+        0 6px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+    z-index: 4;
+}
+
+/* A slow breath, so a dealer glancing up finds it without hunting. Deliberately
+   gentle and deliberately optional — the ring above carries the whole job on its own
+   for anyone who'd rather nothing moved. */
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
+    .seat.seatActing {
+        animation: seatActingPulse 2.4s ease-in-out infinite;
+    }
+
+    @keyframes seatActingPulse {
+        0%, 100% {
+            box-shadow:
+                0 0 0 3px rgba(216, 180, 106, 0.9),
+                0 0 18px 2px rgba(216, 180, 106, 0.35),
+                0 6px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+        }
+        50% {
+            box-shadow:
+                0 0 0 3px rgba(216, 180, 106, 0.65),
+                0 0 26px 5px rgba(216, 180, 106, 0.5),
+                0 6px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 .seatPuckStack {