diff --git a/src/app/(frontend)/styles.css b/src/app/(frontend)/styles.css
index f3f2762..74a2c4e 100644
--- a/src/app/(frontend)/styles.css
+++ b/src/app/(frontend)/styles.css
@@ -1414,6 +1414,78 @@
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 
+/* Poker chip flight: every chip starts stacked at one origin and launches
+   one after another (130ms stagger, fill-mode both holds unlaunched chips
+   in the pile). Wins drop from the pot plaque (~40% of the felt) down to
+   the viewer card spot (bottom 7rem, so about 14rem of travel); losses fly
+   the reverse leg from the card spot up to the pot. Chips are the shared
+   .bj-chip pieces; the geometry is poker-scoped because blackjack flies
+   between different anchors. */
+.poker-chip-flight {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 50%;
+  z-index: 35;
+  width: 1.6rem;
+  height: 0.95rem;
+  transform: translateX(-50%);
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.poker-chip-flight-win {
+  top: 40%;
+}
+
+.poker-chip-flight-loss {
+  bottom: 7.6rem;
+}
+
+.poker-chip-flight .bj-chip {
+  bottom: auto;
+  left: 0;
+}
+
+.poker-chip-flight-win .bj-chip {
+  animation: poker-chip-fly-win 700ms ease-in both;
+}
+
+.poker-chip-flight-loss .bj-chip {
+  animation: poker-chip-fly-loss 700ms ease-in both;
+}
+
+@keyframes poker-chip-fly-win {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translateY(0) scale(1);
+  }
+  70% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  100% {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translateY(14rem) scale(0.7);
+  }
+}
+
+@keyframes poker-chip-fly-loss {
+  0% {
+    opacity: 1;
+    transform: translateY(0) scale(1);
+  }
+  70% {
+    opacity: 1;
+  }
+  100% {
+    opacity: 0;
+    transform: translateY(-14rem) scale(0.7);
+  }
+}
+
+@media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce) {
+  .poker-chip-flight {
+    display: none;
+  }
+}
+
 /* Fullscreen contain-fit: absolute with zero insets + auto margins sizes the
    felt to the largest 4:3 rectangle inside the viewport area (the same rules
    browsers use for replaced elements), so it can never collapse to content
diff --git a/src/components/frontend/minigames/poker/PokerFeltCanvas.tsx b/src/components/frontend/minigames/poker/PokerFeltCanvas.tsx
index d56c1cc..ca052f9 100644
--- a/src/components/frontend/minigames/poker/PokerFeltCanvas.tsx
+++ b/src/components/frontend/minigames/poker/PokerFeltCanvas.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 "use client";
 
-import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
+import { useEffect, useRef, useState } from "react";
 import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
+import { chipFlightChips, type FlightChip } from "../blackjack/BlackjackChipStack";
 import type { Card, PublicPlayerView } from "@/lib/minigames/poker";
 import type { PokerSnapshot } from "@/app/(frontend)/minigames/poker/actions";
 import { Badge } from "@/components/ui/badge";
@@ -122,6 +123,33 @@ export function PokerFeltCanvas({
     return () => query.removeEventListener("change", update);
   }, []);
 
+  // Chip flight: on the settle transition the viewer's net chips fly between
+  // the pot plaque (felt center) and the viewer card spot: winnings drop
+  // from the pot, lost stakes climb to it. The hand number guards against
+  // refiring while the snapshot settles through showdown and hand-complete.
+  const previousSettleHandRef = useRef<number | null>(null);
+  const [chipFlights, setChipFlights] = useState<
+    { key: number; direction: "win" | "loss"; chips: FlightChip[] }[]
+  >([]);
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const settling = view.phase === "showdown" || view.phase === "hand-complete";
+    if (!settling || !result || result.netChange === 0) {
+      previousSettleHandRef.current = null;
+      return;
+    }
+    if (previousSettleHandRef.current === view.handNumber) return;
+    previousSettleHandRef.current = view.handNumber;
+    setChipFlights([
+      {
+        key: Date.now(),
+        direction: result.netChange > 0 ? "win" : "loss",
+        chips: chipFlightChips(Math.abs(result.netChange)),
+      },
+    ]);
+    const timer = setTimeout(() => setChipFlights([]), 2400);
+    return () => clearTimeout(timer);
+  }, [view.phase, view.handNumber, result]);
+
   return (
     <div className="poker-table-stage">
       <div
@@ -272,6 +300,27 @@ export function PokerFeltCanvas({
           />
         )}
 
+        {chipFlights.map((flight) => (
+          <div
+            key={flight.key}
+            className={cn(
+              "poker-chip-flight",
+              flight.direction === "win"
+                ? "poker-chip-flight-win"
+                : "poker-chip-flight-loss",
+            )}
+            aria-hidden="true"
+          >
+            {flight.chips.map((chip, chipIndex) => (
+              <span
+                key={chip.key}
+                className={cn("bj-chip", chip.tone)}
+                style={{ animationDelay: `${chipIndex * 130}ms` }}
+              />
+            ))}
+          </div>
+        ))}
+
         {viewerPopups.length > 0 && (
           <div className="poker-popup-stack poker-popup-viewer-spot" aria-hidden="true">
             {viewerPopups.map((popup) => (