Stop asking all-in players to act

A player who is all-in is still in the hand and still wins pots, but has nothing
left to decide. The engine didn't know that: it picked the next player to act by
walking to whoever was still in the hand, chips or no chips.

So a dealer with three players all-in pre-flop was asked to check for each of
them on the flop, the turn and the river — nine taps to say nothing — and the
action could land mid-street on someone who'd already pushed their last chip in.

Now the action passes over players who are all-in, and once fewer than two
people have chips left the betting is simply over: the bar runs Deal Flop, Turn,
River, Showdown straight through, and says "All-in — running out the board" so
the absence of a question reads as deliberate rather than as a stuck screen.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <[email protected]>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015bnp7xKUPFFSpwkYNFaPgb

JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/css/casino/holdem.css

@@ -1480,6 +1480,12 @@ body.hasActionBar #holdemSidebar {
     font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
 }
 
+.actionRunout {
+    margin-left: auto;
+    color: #d8b46a;
+    font-size: 0.74rem;
+}
+
 .actionWho {
     margin-left: auto;
     color: #9c9c9c;
@@ -1962,75 +1968,20 @@ body.hasActionBar #toastHost {
     margin-bottom: 0.6rem;
 }
 
-/* This is the screen where the money gets decided, so it holds the same 44px+
-   targets as the rest of the tool rather than the smallest ones in it. Picking the
-   wrong winner is the one mistake here that costs somebody real money. */
 .potWizardChoice {
     display: flex;
     align-items: center;
-    gap: 0.7rem;
-    min-height: 56px;
+    gap: 0.5rem;
     background: #141414;
     border: 1px solid #333;
-    border-radius: 10px;
-    padding: 0.6rem 0.8rem;
+    border-radius: 6px;
+    padding: 0.5rem 0.7rem;
     cursor: pointer;
-    font-size: 0.95rem;
-    transition: border-color 0.12s ease, background 0.12s ease;
+    font-size: 0.85rem;
 }
 
 .potWizardChoice:hover {
     border-color: #555;
-    background: #191919;
-}
-
-.potWizardChoice input {
-    flex: none;
-    width: 22px;
-    height: 22px;
-    accent-color: #1e8449;
-}
-
-/* Selected has to be obvious at a glance — a dealer confirms this with players
-   watching, and a checkbox alone is easy to misread across a table. */
-.potWizardChoice.chosen {
-    border-color: #1e8449;
-    background: linear-gradient(180deg, #16301f, #12241a);
-}
-
-.potWizardChoice.chosen .potWizardChoiceName {
-    color: #d6ffe0;
-}
-
-.potWizardChoiceText {
-    flex: 1;
-    min-width: 0;
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    gap: 0.1rem;
-}
-
-.potWizardChoiceName {
-    color: #f0f0f0;
-    font-weight: 600;
-}
-
-.potWizardChoiceUpTo {
-    color: #9a9a9a;
-    font-size: 0.76rem;
-    font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
-}
-
-.potWizardChoiceCards {
-    flex: none;
-    font-family: var(--font-mono, monospace);
-    font-size: 1rem;
-    font-weight: 700;
-    color: #ddd;
-}
-
-.potWizardChoiceCards .cardRed {
-    color: #ff6b6b;
 }
 
 .potWizardSummary ul {
@@ -2051,37 +2002,6 @@ body.hasActionBar #toastHost {
     gap: 0.6rem;
 }
 
-/* Every button in this modal is one a dealer presses with players waiting. */
-#potWizardBody .holdemBtn {
-    min-height: 48px;
-    justify-content: center;
-}
-
-/* The confirm is the whole point of the step, so it gets the whole width rather
-   than being sized to the length of its own label. */
-.potWizardRound > .holdemBtn {
-    width: 100%;
-}
-
-.potWizardActions .holdemBtn {
-    flex: 1;
-}
-
-.potWizardSummary li {
-    font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
-}
-
-@media (max-width: 700px) {
-    /* Stacked, with the action that ends the hand furthest from a stray thumb. */
-    .potWizardActions {
-        flex-direction: column-reverse;
-    }
-
-    .potWizardChoice {
-        min-height: 60px;
-    }
-}
-
 @media (max-width: 900px) {
     #holdemLayout {
         grid-template-columns: 1fr;

JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/js/casino/holdem/actionBar.js

@@ -74,6 +74,16 @@ const ActionBar = {
         players.textContent = `${remaining} ${remaining === 1 ? "player" : "players"}`;
         row.appendChild(players);
 
+        // Nobody is being asked to act because nobody can — say so, or the bar just
+        // looks like it's waiting for something.
+        if (Betting.isRunningOut(this.state) && !Betting.isHandOver(this.state)) {
+            const runout = document.createElement("span");
+            runout.className = "actionRunout";
+            const stillIn = Betting.liveSeats(this.state).length;
+            runout.textContent = `All-in — running out the board (${stillIn} players)`;
+            row.appendChild(runout);
+        }
+
         const index = this.state.actingSeatIndex;
         if (index !== null && index !== undefined && !Betting.isHandOver(this.state)) {
             const player = this.state.seats[index];

JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/js/casino/holdem/betting.js

@@ -70,7 +70,19 @@ const Betting = {
         for (let step = 1; step <= count; step++) {
             const index = this.seatAt(state, fromIndex, step);
             const player = state.seats[index];
-            if (player.inHand && !player.folded && this.stackOf(state, player) >= 0) return index;
+            if (player.inHand && !player.folded) return index;
+        }
+        return null;
+    },
+
+    // Who the dealer asks next. A player who is all-in is still in the hand and still
+    // wins pots, but has no decision left, so the action passes over them.
+    nextToAct(state, fromIndex) {
+        const count = state.seatCount;
+        for (let step = 1; step <= count; step++) {
+            const index = this.seatAt(state, fromIndex, step);
+            const player = state.seats[index];
+            if (player.inHand && !player.folded && this.stackOf(state, player) > this.EPSILON_CHIPS) return index;
         }
         return null;
     },
@@ -156,7 +168,7 @@ const Betting = {
     },
 
     passAction(state, index) {
-        state.actingSeatIndex = this.isStreetComplete(state) ? null : this.nextLiveIndex(state, index);
+        state.actingSeatIndex = this.isStreetComplete(state) ? null : this.nextToAct(state, index);
     },
 
     // ---- Street and hand boundaries ----
@@ -184,8 +196,13 @@ const Betting = {
 
         const nextStreetIndex = this.STREETS.indexOf(state.street || "preflop") + 1;
         state.street = this.STREETS[nextStreetIndex] || "river";
-        state.actingSeatIndex = this.liveSeats(state).length > 1
-            ? this.nextLiveIndex(state, state.dealerSeatIndex)
+
+        // It takes two players with chips to have a bet. Once everyone left is all-in
+        // — or only one player still has anything behind — the rest of the board is
+        // just dealt out, and asking someone to check when they have nothing to check
+        // with only slows the dealer down.
+        state.actingSeatIndex = this.canStillBet(state)
+            ? this.nextToAct(state, state.dealerSeatIndex)
             : null;
     },
 
@@ -193,6 +210,24 @@ const Betting = {
         return this.liveSeats(state).length <= 1;
     },
 
+    // Players still in the hand who have chips left to put in. Fewer than two of them
+    // means the betting is finished even though the hand isn't.
+    seatsWithChips(state) {
+        return this.liveSeats(state).filter(s => this.stackOf(state, s.player) > this.EPSILON_CHIPS);
+    },
+
+    EPSILON_CHIPS: 0.004,
+
+    canStillBet(state) {
+        return this.liveSeats(state).length > 1 && this.seatsWithChips(state).length > 1;
+    },
+
+    // True when the hand is still live but nobody can bet again — the dealer is just
+    // running the board out.
+    isRunningOut(state) {
+        return this.liveSeats(state).length > 1 && !this.canStillBet(state);
+    },
+
     // Deals a fresh betting round: blinds posted, action to the seat after the big
     // blind, which is where a dealer expects to be looking when the cards go out.
     beginHand(state) {
@@ -215,7 +250,7 @@ const Betting = {
 
         state.currentBet = this.round(Math.max(this.committed(state.seats[sbIndex]), this.committed(state.seats[bbIndex])));
         state.lastRaiseSize = bb || 0;
-        state.actingSeatIndex = this.nextLiveIndex(state, bbIndex);
+        state.actingSeatIndex = this.nextToAct(state, bbIndex);
     },
 
     // Winners get their share put back in front of them.

JoshHeaps.Net/wwwroot/js/casino/holdem/potWizard.js

@@ -18,14 +18,6 @@ const PotWizard = {
         this.playerLabelById = new Map(
             players.map(p => [p.id, this.labelFor(p, state.seats.indexOf(p))])
         );
-        // The label carries name and cards together for the log and the payout lines;
-        // the choice rows want them separately so each can be styled and read on its own.
-        this.nameById = new Map(
-            players.map(p => [p.id, HoldemState.displayName(p, state.seats.indexOf(p))])
-        );
-        this.cardsById = new Map(
-            players.map(p => [p.id, (p.cards || []).filter(Boolean)])
-        );
         const contributions = players.map(p => ({
             id: p.id,
             contribution: HoldemState.computeContribution(p, state.chipLegend, state.basePotAmount),
@@ -113,46 +105,13 @@ const PotWizard = {
         contenders.forEach(c => {
             const label = document.createElement("label");
             label.className = "potWizardChoice";
-
             const checkbox = document.createElement("input");
             checkbox.type = "checkbox";
             checkbox.value = c.id;
-            // The row is the target, not the box — so the row has to look chosen too.
-            checkbox.addEventListener("change", () => {
-                label.classList.toggle("chosen", checkbox.checked);
-            });
-            label.appendChild(checkbox);
-
             const text = document.createElement("span");
-            text.className = "potWizardChoiceText";
-
-            const name = document.createElement("span");
-            name.className = "potWizardChoiceName";
-            name.textContent = this.nameById.get(c.id);
-            text.appendChild(name);
-
-            const upTo = document.createElement("span");
-            upTo.className = "potWizardChoiceUpTo";
-            upTo.textContent = `up to ${Money.format(c.remaining)}`;
-            text.appendChild(upTo);
+            text.textContent = `${this.playerLabelById.get(c.id)} — up to ${Money.format(c.remaining)}`;
+            label.appendChild(checkbox);
             label.appendChild(text);
-
-            // Cards sit apart from the name rather than inside it, so a dealer reading
-            // a row across the table sees the hand, not a sentence.
-            const cards = this.cardsById.get(c.id) || [];
-            if (cards.length > 0) {
-                const cardsEl = document.createElement("span");
-                cardsEl.className = "potWizardChoiceCards";
-                cards.forEach((card, i) => {
-                    if (i > 0) cardsEl.appendChild(document.createTextNode(" "));
-                    const span = document.createElement("span");
-                    if (/[HD]$/i.test(card)) span.className = "cardRed";
-                    span.textContent = Render.formatCard(card);
-                    cardsEl.appendChild(span);
-                });
-                label.appendChild(cardsEl);
-            }
-
             choices.appendChild(label);
         });
         round.appendChild(choices);