feat(poker): engine upgrades, named tables, and stat extensions

Poker lib layer: engine, tables, stats, hand setup, shared table names, with engine tests.

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>

src/lib/minigames/poker/constants.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,13 @@
 /** Play chips each player starts a game with. */
 export const STARTING_STACK = 1000;
 
+/**
+ * Chips each player must buy in with from their persistent chip pool when a
+ * game starts. The buy-in returns to the pool (plus or minus winnings) when
+ * the game settles.
+ */
+export const BUY_IN = STARTING_STACK;
+
 export const SMALL_BLIND = 10;
 
 export const BIG_BLIND = 20;

src/lib/minigames/poker/engine.ts

@@ -16,10 +16,18 @@ import {
   postflopFirstToAct,
   sumCommitted,
 } from "./betting";
-import { BIG_BLIND, MAX_PLAYERS, MIN_PLAYERS, SMALL_BLIND, STARTING_STACK, TURN_TIMEOUT_MS } from "./constants";
+import {
+  BIG_BLIND,
+  MAX_PLAYERS,
+  MIN_PLAYERS,
+  SMALL_BLIND,
+  STARTING_STACK,
+  TURN_TIMEOUT_MS,
+} from "./constants";
 import { startHand } from "./handSetup";
 import { resolveShowdown } from "./showdown";
 import type {
+  Card,
   PokerPlayerShowdownResult,
   PokerPlayerState,
   PokerSeatId,
@@ -110,21 +118,37 @@ function resolveAndPay(state: PokerTableState): PokerTableState {
 function runOutAndShowdown(state: PokerTableState): PokerTableState {
   let community = [...state.communityCards];
   let deck = [...state.deck];
+  let queuedBoard = [...state.queuedBoard];
   while (community.length < 5) {
-    const toDeal = community.length === 0 ? 3 : 1;
+    const nextCard = queuedBoard.shift() ?? deck.shift();
-    community = [...community, ...deck.slice(0, toDeal)];
+    if (!nextCard) break;
-    deck = deck.slice(toDeal);
+    community.push(nextCard);
   }
   const withBoard: PokerTableState = {
     ...state,
     communityCards: community,
     deck,
+    queuedBoard,
     street: "river",
     toActSeat: null,
   };
   return resolveAndPay(withBoard);
 }
 
+/** Draw `count` board cards: dev-queued cards first, then the shuffled deck. */
+function drawBoardCards(
+  state: PokerTableState,
+  count: number,
+): { cards: Card[]; queuedBoard: readonly Card[]; deck: readonly Card[] } {
+  const fromQueue = state.queuedBoard.slice(0, count);
+  const fromDeck = state.deck.slice(0, count - fromQueue.length);
+  return {
+    cards: [...fromQueue, ...fromDeck],
+    queuedBoard: state.queuedBoard.slice(fromQueue.length),
+    deck: state.deck.slice(fromDeck.length),
+  };
+}
+
 const STREET_ORDER: readonly PokerStreet[] = ["preflop", "flop", "turn", "river"];
 
 /**
@@ -167,11 +191,13 @@ export function advanceState(state: PokerTableState): PokerTableState {
   const streetIndex = STREET_ORDER.indexOf(next.street);
   const street = STREET_ORDER[streetIndex + 1] ?? "river";
   const cardsToDeal = street === "flop" ? 3 : 1;
+  const draw = drawBoardCards(next, cardsToDeal);
   return {
     ...next,
     street,
-    communityCards: [...next.communityCards, ...next.deck.slice(0, cardsToDeal)],
+    communityCards: [...next.communityCards, ...draw.cards],
-    deck: next.deck.slice(cardsToDeal),
+    deck: draw.deck,
+    queuedBoard: draw.queuedBoard,
     toActSeat: postflopFirstToAct(next),
   };
 }
@@ -228,6 +254,8 @@ export function createTableState(
     toActSeat: null,
     showdown: null,
     finalPlacements: null,
+    queuedBoard: [],
+    queuedHoles: {},
   };
   // Hand 1 starts immediately: the "hand-complete" resting phase makes
   // advanceState deal it, which also moves the button to the first seat.

src/lib/minigames/poker/handSetup.ts

@@ -120,7 +120,16 @@ export function startHand(state: PokerTableState): PokerTableState {
   });
 
   const dealt = dealHoleCards(reset, buttonSeat, createShuffledDeck(state.seed, handNumber));
-  const afterBlinds = dealt.players.map((player) => {
+  // Dev hole queues replace a dealt player's two cards for this hand only.
+  const queuedHoles = state.queuedHoles ?? {};
+  const players = dealt.players.map((player) => {
+    const queued = queuedHoles[player.seatId];
+    if (queued && queued.length === 2 && player.holeCards.length === 2) {
+      return { ...player, holeCards: [...queued] };
+    }
+    return player;
+  });
+  const afterBlinds = players.map((player) => {
     if (player.seatId === smallBlindSeat) return postBlind(player, state.config.smallBlind);
     if (player.seatId === bigBlindSeat) return postBlind(player, state.config.bigBlind);
     return player;
@@ -149,5 +158,6 @@ export function startHand(state: PokerTableState): PokerTableState {
     toActSeat,
     showdown: null,
     finalPlacements: null,
+    queuedHoles: {},
   };
 }

src/lib/minigames/poker/stats.ts

@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@ export async function awardPokerGameResult(
         : { ...delta, xpEarned: current.xpEarned };
       const progression = (profile.progression ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
       const minigames = (progression.minigames ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
+      // The final stack returns to the player's persistent chip pool: the
+      // table only moves chips between the pool and the felt, never destroys
+      // them.
+      const chipBank =
+        Math.max(0, ((progression.chipBank as number | undefined) ?? 0) + result.finalChips);
 
       await payload.update({
         collection: "profiles",
@@ -143,6 +148,7 @@ export async function awardPokerGameResult(
         data: {
           progression: {
             ...progression,
+            chipBank,
             minigames: {
               ...minigames,
               poker: next,
@@ -153,13 +159,12 @@ export async function awardPokerGameResult(
         depth: 0,
       });
 
-      if (xp > 0) {
+      broadcastToUser("profile-update", result.userId, {
-        broadcastToUser("profile-update", result.userId, {
+        reason: "xp",
-          reason: "xp",
+        xpGained: xp,
-          xpGained: xp,
+        chipBank,
-          profileId: profile.id,
+        profileId: profile.id,
-        });
+      });
-      }
     } catch (error) {
       const message = error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
       payload.logger.error(

src/lib/minigames/poker/tables.ts

@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ import { getPayload } from "payload";
 import type { Payload } from "payload";
 import { broadcast, broadcastToUser } from "@/lib/realtime/bus";
 import { notifyUser } from "@/lib/notifications";
+import { creditChips, readChipBankState, spendChipBuyIn } from "@/lib/minigames/chips";
+import { generateTableName } from "@/lib/minigames/tableNames";
 import { applyAction } from "./actions";
 import { getLegalActions } from "./betting";
 import {
+  BUY_IN,
   MAX_PLAYERS,
   MAX_TABLE_NAME_LENGTH,
   MIN_PLAYERS,
@@ -33,6 +36,7 @@ import {
 import { advanceState, awardFoldOut, createTableState } from "./engine";
 import { awardPokerGameResult, type PokerPlacementResult } from "./stats";
 import type {
+  Card,
   PokerActionKind,
   PokerPlayerState,
   PokerSeatId,
@@ -75,6 +79,10 @@ export interface PokerSnapshot {
   /** seatId to userId (null = empty seat); lets the UI map names and hosts. */
   seats: (number | null)[];
   hostSeatId: number | null;
+  /** True when the viewer is watching without a seat (you is a spectator view). */
+  spectator?: boolean;
+  /** Whether a game is currently running (useful for viewers without a seat). */
+  inGame?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface PendingJoin {
@@ -91,6 +99,12 @@ interface PokerTableRecord {
   seatMap: (number | null)[];
   state: PokerTableState | null;
   inGame: boolean;
+  /** Users whose buy-in is currently staked on the table (pool deducted). */
+  chipBoughtIn: Set<number>;
+  /** Users whose chips have been settled back to their pool (idempotency). */
+  chipSettled: Set<number>;
+  /** Pending joiners who already paid the buy-in and wait to seat next hand. */
+  pendingChipPaid: Set<number>;
   handsWonThisGame: Record<number, number>;
   /** handNumber already counted into handsWonThisGame (prevents double counts). */
   countedHandNumber: number | null;
@@ -104,6 +118,8 @@ interface PokerTableRecord {
   awayUsers: Set<number>;
   /** Users who left mid-game; kept in seatMap so the UI can show "left". */
   leftUsers: Set<number>;
+  /** Users watching the running game without a seat. */
+  spectators: Set<number>;
   userNames: Map<number, string>;
   createdAt: string;
   /** Last client interaction (poll, action, join/leave/start); drives expiry. */
@@ -193,6 +209,11 @@ function onNextHandTimeout(record: PokerTableRecord): void {
   if (!current) return;
   let next = current;
   for (const pending of record.pendingJoins) {
+    // Paid pending joiners bring their buy-in into the engine now.
+    if (record.pendingChipPaid.has(pending.userId)) {
+      record.pendingChipPaid.delete(pending.userId);
+      record.chipBoughtIn.add(pending.userId);
+    }
     next = {
       ...next,
       players: [...next.players, createFreshPlayer(next.players.length, pending.name)],
@@ -210,7 +231,7 @@ function createFreshPlayer(seatId: PokerSeatId, name: string): PokerPlayerState
   return {
     seatId,
     name,
-    stack: STARTING_STACK,
+    stack: BUY_IN,
     committed: 0,
     totalCommitted: 0,
     holeCards: [],
@@ -228,6 +249,8 @@ function eliminateLeavers(state: PokerTableState, record: PokerTableRecord): Pok
     const userId = record.seatMap[index];
     if (userId === null || !record.leftUsers.has(userId) || player.eliminated) return player;
     changed = true;
+    // Forfeited stacks stay burned: a mid-game leaver's buy-in is not returned.
+    record.chipSettled.add(userId);
     return {
       ...player,
       eliminated: true,
@@ -305,6 +328,9 @@ async function awardGameResults(record: PokerTableRecord): Promise<void> {
     const userId = record.seatMap[placement.seatId];
     const player = state.players[placement.seatId];
     if (userId === null || !player) continue;
+    // Settled up front: awardPokerGameResult credits the final stack back to
+    // the player's pool inside its profile update.
+    record.chipSettled.add(userId);
     results.push({
       userId,
       placement: placement.placement,
@@ -346,9 +372,16 @@ function afterMutation(record: PokerTableRecord): void {
 function buildSnapshot(record: PokerTableRecord, userId: number): PokerSnapshot {
   const seatIndex = record.seatMap.indexOf(userId);
   const seated = seatIndex >= 0 && !record.leftUsers.has(userId);
+  const spectator = !seated && record.spectators.has(userId);
   const state = record.state;
   const inEngine = seated && state !== null && seatIndex < state.players.length;
-  const base = state && inEngine ? buildPrivateView(state, seatIndex) : null;
+  let base = state && inEngine ? buildPrivateView(state, seatIndex) : null;
+  if (base === null && spectator && state) {
+    // Spectators receive the public view with no seat: hole cards stay hidden
+    // except for live showdown reveals, and the synthetic viewer seat (-1)
+    // never matches a real player, so all seats render as opponents.
+    base = buildPrivateView(state, -1);
+  }
   const you =
     base === null
       ? null
@@ -370,10 +403,12 @@ function buildSnapshot(record: PokerTableRecord, userId: number): PokerSnapshot
     you,
     seats: [...record.seatMap],
     hostSeatId: hostSeat >= 0 ? hostSeat : null,
+    spectator: spectator || undefined,
+    inGame: record.inGame || undefined,
   };
 }
 
-/** Push a per-user snapshot to every seated user, then refresh the lobby. */
+/** Push a per-user snapshot to every seated user and spectator, then refresh the lobby. */
 function pushTable(record: PokerTableRecord): void {
   for (const userId of record.seatMap) {
     if (userId === null || record.leftUsers.has(userId)) continue;
@@ -382,16 +417,193 @@ function pushTable(record: PokerTableRecord): void {
       snapshot: buildSnapshot(record, userId),
     });
   }
+  for (const spectatorId of record.spectators) {
+    broadcastToUser("poker-state", spectatorId, {
+      tableId: record.id,
+      snapshot: buildSnapshot(record, spectatorId),
+    });
+  }
   broadcast("poker-tables", { tables: listSummaries() });
 }
 
 function disposeTable(record: PokerTableRecord): void {
   clearTurnTimer(record);
   clearNextHandTimer(record);
+  void settleUnsettledChips(record);
   tables.delete(record.id);
   broadcast("poker-tables", { tables: listSummaries() });
 }
 
+/** Payload handle, or null when the config cannot load (tests, early boot). */
+async function getPayloadOrNull(): Promise<Payload | null> {
+  try {
+    const config = (await import("@payload-config")).default;
+    return await getPayload({ config });
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Credit the current stack (or an unseated pending joiner's full buy-in)
+ * back to the pool for every bought-in player not yet settled. Marks each
+ * user settled synchronously so concurrent teardowns cannot double-credit.
+ */
+async function settleUnsettledChips(record: PokerTableRecord): Promise<void> {
+  const candidates = [...record.chipBoughtIn, ...record.pendingChipPaid];
+  const state = record.state;
+  const credits: { userId: number; amount: number }[] = [];
+  for (const userId of candidates) {
+    if (record.chipSettled.has(userId)) continue;
+    const seatIndex = record.seatMap.indexOf(userId);
+    const player = state && seatIndex >= 0 ? state.players[seatIndex] : undefined;
+    const amount = player ? player.stack : BUY_IN;
+    record.chipSettled.add(userId);
+    credits.push({ userId, amount });
+  }
+  if (credits.length === 0) return;
+  const payload = await getPayloadOrNull();
+  if (!payload) return;
+  for (const credit of credits) {
+    if (credit.amount <= 0) continue;
+    try {
+      await creditChips(payload, credit.userId, credit.amount);
+    } catch (error) {
+      payload.logger.error(`[poker] Failed to settle chips for user ${credit.userId}: ${error}`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+/** In-app bell notification when a pending joiner cannot cover the buy-in. */
+async function notifyBuyInFailed(record: PokerTableRecord, userId: number): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const payload = await getPayloadOrNull();
+    if (!payload) return;
+    await notifyUser(payload, {
+      userId,
+      type: "poker:buy-in-failed",
+      title: "Not enough chips",
+      message: `You need ${BUY_IN} chips to join the next poker hand. Play the other minigames to earn more chips.`,
+      link: "/minigames/poker",
+    });
+  } catch {
+    // Notifications are best-effort.
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Buy-in-aware wrappers used by the server actions. The sync core above
+ * (startGame/joinTable/leaveTable) stays registry-pure for tests; pool
+ * accounting lives here where a Payload handle is available.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Start a game: settle any unsettled chips from a previous game on this
+ * record, collect the buy-in from every seated player (all-or-nothing), then
+ * start. Throws without moving chips when anyone cannot cover.
+ */
+export async function startGameWithBuyIn(tableId: string, userId: number): Promise<PokerSnapshot> {
+  const record = tables.get(tableId);
+  if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
+  await settleUnsettledChips(record);
+  const seated = record.seatMap.filter(
+    (id): id is number => id !== null && !record.leftUsers.has(id),
+  );
+  const payload = await getPayloadOrNull();
+  const paid: number[] = [];
+  try {
+    if (payload) {
+      for (const seatedId of seated) {
+        const bank = await readChipBankState(payload, seatedId);
+        if (!bank) continue; // Untracked user (no profile): plays without pool accounting.
+        if (bank.chipBank < BUY_IN) {
+          const name = record.userNames.get(seatedId) ?? `Player ${seatedId}`;
+          throw new Error(
+            `${name} needs ${BUY_IN} chips to sit down and has ${bank.chipBank}. Play the other minigames to earn more chips.`,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+      for (const seatedId of seated) {
+        const result = await spendChipBuyIn(payload, seatedId, BUY_IN);
+        if (result.settled) paid.push(seatedId);
+      }
+    }
+    const snapshot = startGame(tableId, userId);
+    record.chipBoughtIn = new Set(paid);
+    record.chipSettled = new Set();
+    record.pendingChipPaid = new Set();
+    return snapshot;
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (paid.length > 0 && payload) {
+      for (const paidId of paid) {
+        try {
+          await creditChips(payload, paidId, BUY_IN);
+        } catch {
+          // Best-effort refund.
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    throw error;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Join a table: mid-game joins pay the buy-in up front (pendingChipPaid) so
+ * they can seat at the next hand; the payment refunds if the join fails.
+ */
+export async function joinTableWithBuyIn(
+  tableId: string,
+  userId: number,
+  displayName: string,
+): Promise<PokerSnapshot> {
+  const record = tables.get(tableId);
+  if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
+  if (record.inGame && !record.pendingChipPaid.has(userId)) {
+    const payload = await getPayloadOrNull();
+    if (payload) {
+      const bank = await readChipBankState(payload, userId);
+      if (bank && bank.chipBank < BUY_IN) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `You need ${BUY_IN} chips to join this table mid-game and have ${bank.chipBank}. Play the other minigames to earn more chips.`,
+        );
+      }
+      if (bank) {
+        await spendChipBuyIn(payload, userId, BUY_IN);
+        record.pendingChipPaid.add(userId);
+        try {
+          return joinTable(tableId, userId, displayName);
+        } catch (error) {
+          record.pendingChipPaid.delete(userId);
+          try {
+            await creditChips(payload, userId, BUY_IN);
+          } catch {
+            // Best-effort refund.
+          }
+          throw error;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return joinTable(tableId, userId, displayName);
+}
+
+/** Leave a table: pending joiners who paid but never seated get their buy-in back. */
+export async function leaveTableWithBuyIn(tableId: string, userId: number): Promise<void> {
+  const record = tables.get(tableId);
+  if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
+  const wasPending = record.pendingChipPaid.has(userId);
+  leaveTable(tableId, userId);
+  if (!wasPending) return;
+  record.pendingChipPaid.delete(userId);
+  const payload = await getPayloadOrNull();
+  if (!payload) return;
+  try {
+    await creditChips(payload, userId, BUY_IN);
+  } catch (error) {
+    payload.logger.error(`[poker] Failed to refund pending buy-in for user ${userId}: ${error}`);
+  }
+}
+
 export function forceExpireTable(tableId: string, payload: Payload): void {
   const record = tables.get(tableId);
   if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
@@ -441,12 +653,15 @@ export function createTable(userId: number, displayName: string): string {
   while (seatMap.length < MAX_PLAYERS) seatMap.push(null);
   const record: PokerTableRecord = {
     id: crypto.randomUUID(),
-    name: null,
+    name: generateTableName(),
     version: 1,
     hostUserId: userId,
     seatMap,
     state: null,
     inGame: false,
+    chipBoughtIn: new Set(),
+    chipSettled: new Set(),
+    pendingChipPaid: new Set(),
     handsWonThisGame: {},
     countedHandNumber: null,
     turnTimer: null,
@@ -457,6 +672,7 @@ export function createTable(userId: number, displayName: string): string {
     pendingJoins: [],
     awayUsers: new Set(),
     leftUsers: new Set(),
+    spectators: new Set(),
     userNames: new Map([[userId, displayName]]),
     createdAt: new Date().toISOString(),
     lastActivityAt: Date.now(),
@@ -502,6 +718,7 @@ export function joinTable(tableId: string, userId: number, displayName: string):
   }
   const slot = record.seatMap.indexOf(null);
   if (slot < 0) throw new Error("The table is full.");
+  record.spectators.delete(userId);
   record.seatMap[slot] = userId;
   record.userNames.set(userId, displayName);
   record.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
@@ -513,9 +730,27 @@ export function joinTable(tableId: string, userId: number, displayName: string):
   return buildSnapshot(record, userId);
 }
 
+/** Register a spectator on a running game; they get the public view with no seat. */
+export function spectateTable(tableId: string, userId: number): PokerSnapshot {
+  const record = tables.get(tableId);
+  if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
+  if (isSeatedAt(record, userId)) return buildSnapshot(record, userId);
+  if (!record.inGame || !record.state) {
+    throw new Error("No game is running at this table.");
+  }
+  record.spectators.add(userId);
+  record.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
+  return buildSnapshot(record, userId);
+}
+
 export function leaveTable(tableId: string, userId: number): void {
   const record = tables.get(tableId);
   if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
+  if (record.spectators.delete(userId)) {
+    // Spectators just stop watching; no seat logic applies.
+    record.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
+    return;
+  }
   if (!isSeatedAt(record, userId)) throw new Error("You are not seated at this table.");
   if (record.inGame) {
     // Mid-game: keep the seat visible, forfeit the stack at the next hand.
@@ -587,6 +822,102 @@ export function renameTable(tableId: string, userId: number, rawName: string): P
   return buildSnapshot(record, userId);
 }
 
+const VALID_SUITS = new Set(["s", "h", "d", "c"]);
+
+function isQueuableCard(card: unknown): card is Card {
+  return (
+    typeof card === "object" &&
+    card !== null &&
+    "rank" in card &&
+    "suit" in card &&
+    typeof (card as Card).rank === "number" &&
+    Number.isInteger((card as Card).rank) &&
+    (card as Card).rank >= 2 &&
+    (card as Card).rank <= 14 &&
+    typeof (card as Card).suit === "string" &&
+    VALID_SUITS.has((card as Card).suit)
+  );
+}
+
+function devStateOrThrow(
+  record: PokerTableRecord,
+  cards: unknown,
+  maxLength: number,
+): PokerTableState {
+  const state = record.state;
+  if (!state) throw new Error("The game has not started yet.");
+  if (!Array.isArray(cards) || cards.length === 0 || cards.length > maxLength) {
+    throw new Error(`Queue must contain 1 to ${maxLength} cards.`);
+  }
+  if (!cards.every(isQueuableCard)) throw new Error("Invalid card in queue.");
+  return state;
+}
+
+/** Dev controls: queue the next community cards (first card hits the board first). */
+export function setBoardQueue(tableId: string, userId: number, cards: Card[]): PokerSnapshot {
+  const record = tables.get(tableId);
+  if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
+  const state = devStateOrThrow(record, cards, 5);
+  if (state.communityCards.length + cards.length > 5) {
+    throw new Error("Board queue exceeds the remaining community cards.");
+  }
+  record.state = { ...state, queuedBoard: [...cards] };
+  record.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
+  record.version += 1;
+  afterMutation(record);
+  return buildSnapshot(record, userId);
+}
+
+/** Dev controls: queue the two hole cards a seat receives at the next hand. */
+export function setHoleQueue(
+  tableId: string,
+  userId: number,
+  seatId: number,
+  cards: Card[],
+): PokerSnapshot {
+  const record = tables.get(tableId);
+  if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
+  const state = devStateOrThrow(record, cards, 2);
+  if (!state.players[seatId] || state.players[seatId].eliminated) {
+    throw new Error("No such player at the table.");
+  }
+  record.state = {
+    ...state,
+    queuedHoles: { ...state.queuedHoles, [seatId]: [...cards] },
+  };
+  record.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
+  record.version += 1;
+  afterMutation(record);
+  return buildSnapshot(record, userId);
+}
+
+/** Dev controls: add (or, with a negative delta, remove) a player's chips. */
+export function adjustStack(
+  tableId: string,
+  userId: number,
+  seatId: number,
+  delta: number,
+): PokerSnapshot {
+  const record = tables.get(tableId);
+  if (!record) throw new Error("Table not found.");
+  const state = record.state;
+  if (!state) throw new Error("The game has not started yet.");
+  const player = state.players[seatId];
+  if (!player || player.eliminated) throw new Error("No such player at the table.");
+  if (!Number.isInteger(delta) || delta === 0) {
+    throw new Error("Adjustment must be a non-zero whole number.");
+  }
+  const nextStack = Math.max(0, player.stack + delta);
+  record.state = {
+    ...state,
+    players: state.players.map((p) => (p.seatId === seatId ? { ...p, stack: nextStack } : p)),
+  };
+  record.lastActivityAt = Date.now();
+  record.version += 1;
+  afterMutation(record);
+  return buildSnapshot(record, userId);
+}
+
 export function applyPlayerAction(
   tableId: string,
   userId: number,

src/lib/minigames/poker/types.ts

@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ export interface PokerTableState {
   readonly showdown: ShowdownOutcome | null;
   /** Set once the game completes: tournament placement per seat. */
   readonly finalPlacements: readonly PokerGamePlacement[] | null;
+  /** Dev-queued community cards; the next board draws consume these first. */
+  readonly queuedBoard: readonly Card[];
+  /** Dev-queued hole cards per seat, dealt to that seat at the next hand start. */
+  readonly queuedHoles: Readonly<Record<number, readonly Card[]>>;
 }
 
 /** Comparison result of a 5-card poker hand, category first then kickers. */

src/lib/minigames/tableNames.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * Human-readable default table names for the multiplayer card games.
+ * Pure module (client-safe, injectable rng): tables get a codename like
+ * "Velvet Meridian" at creation instead of a raw UUID; hosts can still
+ * rename them afterwards.
+ */
+
+const ADJECTIVES: readonly string[] = [
+  "Amber",
+  "Aurora",
+  "Cobalt",
+  "Crimson",
+  "Emerald",
+  "Ember",
+  "Gilded",
+  "Golden",
+  "Ivory",
+  "Iron",
+  "Jade",
+  "Midnight",
+  "Onyx",
+  "Rustic",
+  "Scarlet",
+  "Shadow",
+  "Silent",
+  "Velvet",
+  "Vesper",
+];
+
+const NOUNS: readonly string[] = [
+  "Ace",
+  "Anvil",
+  "Bastion",
+  "Comet",
+  "Crown",
+  "Diamond",
+  "Falcon",
+  "Harbor",
+  "Herald",
+  "Juniper",
+  "Keystone",
+  "Lantern",
+  "Marlin",
+  "Meridian",
+  "Nomad",
+  "Osprey",
+  "Relay",
+  "Sable",
+  "Spire",
+  "Vanguard",
+];
+
+function pick(list: readonly string[], rng: () => number): string {
+  const index = Math.floor(rng() * list.length) % list.length;
+  const value = list[index];
+  return value ?? list[0] ?? "Table";
+}
+
+/**
+ * Generate a default table title ("Amber Falcon"). Falls back to a plain
+ * count if the word lists are somehow empty (defensive; they are static).
+ */
+export function generateTableName(rng: () => number = Math.random): string {
+  const adjective = pick(ADJECTIVES, rng);
+  const noun = pick(NOUNS, rng);
+  return `${adjective} ${noun}`.trim() || "Card Table";
+}

tests/int/poker-engine.int.spec.ts

@@ -34,11 +34,7 @@ import {
 
 const c = (rank: Rank, suit: Suit): Card => ({ rank, suit });
 
-function makeTable(
+function makeTable(names: string[], stacks?: number[], seed = 1): PokerTableState {
-  names: string[],
-  stacks?: number[],
-  seed = 1,
-): PokerTableState {
   const players = names.map((name, index) => ({
     name,
     stack: stacks?.[index],
@@ -108,6 +104,8 @@ function showdownState(
     toActSeat: null,
     showdown: null,
     finalPlacements: null,
+    queuedBoard: [],
+    queuedHoles: {},
   };
 }
 
@@ -177,9 +175,7 @@ describe("deck", () => {
 
 describe("hand evaluator", () => {
   it("recognizes a royal flush as an ace-high straight flush", () => {
-    const evaluation = evaluateHand([
+    const evaluation = evaluateHand([c(14, "s"), c(13, "s"), c(12, "s"), c(11, "s"), c(10, "s")]);
-      c(14, "s"), c(13, "s"), c(12, "s"), c(11, "s"), c(10, "s"),
-    ]);
     expect(evaluation.rank.category).toBe(8);
     expect(evaluation.rank.tiebreakers).toEqual([14]);
   });
@@ -192,7 +188,13 @@ describe("hand evaluator", () => {
 
   it("finds the best 5 of 7 for a straight flush over a flush and a pair", () => {
     const evaluation = evaluateHand([
-      c(9, "h"), c(10, "h"), c(11, "h"), c(12, "h"), c(13, "h"), c(14, "h"), c(2, "c"),
+      c(9, "h"),
+      c(10, "h"),
+      c(11, "h"),
+      c(12, "h"),
+      c(13, "h"),
+      c(14, "h"),
+      c(2, "c"),
     ]);
     expect(evaluation.rank.category).toBe(8);
     expect(evaluation.rank.tiebreakers).toEqual([14]);
@@ -201,7 +203,13 @@ describe("hand evaluator", () => {
 
   it("scores quads with the best kicker from seven cards", () => {
     const evaluation = evaluateHand([
-      c(9, "c"), c(9, "d"), c(9, "h"), c(9, "s"), c(14, "c"), c(2, "d"), c(3, "c"),
+      c(9, "c"),
+      c(9, "d"),
+      c(9, "h"),
+      c(9, "s"),
+      c(14, "c"),
+      c(2, "d"),
+      c(3, "c"),
     ]);
     expect(evaluation.rank.category).toBe(7);
     expect(evaluation.rank.tiebreakers).toEqual([9, 14]);
@@ -209,7 +217,13 @@ describe("hand evaluator", () => {
 
   it("scores a full house choosing the highest trips and pair", () => {
     const evaluation = evaluateHand([
-      c(9, "c"), c(9, "d"), c(9, "h"), c(14, "c"), c(14, "d"), c(5, "d"), c(5, "c"),
+      c(9, "c"),
+      c(9, "d"),
+      c(9, "h"),
+      c(14, "c"),
+      c(14, "d"),
+      c(5, "d"),
+      c(5, "c"),
     ]);
     expect(evaluation.rank.category).toBe(6);
     expect(evaluation.rank.tiebreakers).toEqual([9, 14]);
@@ -217,7 +231,13 @@ describe("hand evaluator", () => {
 
   it("picks the best five cards for a flush from seven", () => {
     const evaluation = evaluateHand([
-      c(14, "h"), c(9, "h"), c(5, "h"), c(2, "h"), c(11, "h"), c(3, "c"), c(3, "d"),
+      c(14, "h"),
+      c(9, "h"),
+      c(5, "h"),
+      c(2, "h"),
+      c(11, "h"),
+      c(3, "c"),
+      c(3, "d"),
     ]);
     expect(evaluation.rank.category).toBe(5);
     expect(evaluation.rank.tiebreakers).toEqual([14, 11, 9, 5, 2]);
@@ -225,7 +245,13 @@ describe("hand evaluator", () => {
 
   it("finds a straight in seven cards that also contain a pair", () => {
     const evaluation = evaluateHand([
-      c(5, "c"), c(6, "d"), c(7, "h"), c(8, "s"), c(9, "c"), c(9, "d"), c(2, "c"),
+      c(5, "c"),
+      c(6, "d"),
+      c(7, "h"),
+      c(8, "s"),
+      c(9, "c"),
+      c(9, "d"),
+      c(2, "c"),
     ]);
     expect(evaluation.rank.category).toBe(4);
     expect(evaluation.rank.tiebreakers).toEqual([9]);
@@ -233,7 +259,13 @@ describe("hand evaluator", () => {
 
   it("scores the wheel as a five-high straight, not ace high", () => {
     const evaluation = evaluateHand([
-      c(14, "c"), c(2, "d"), c(3, "h"), c(4, "s"), c(5, "c"), c(13, "h"), c(13, "d"),
+      c(14, "c"),
+      c(2, "d"),
+      c(3, "h"),
+      c(4, "s"),
+      c(5, "c"),
+      c(13, "h"),
+      c(13, "d"),
     ]);
     expect(evaluation.rank.category).toBe(4);
     expect(evaluation.rank.tiebreakers).toEqual([5]);
@@ -241,10 +273,22 @@ describe("hand evaluator", () => {
 
   it("breaks two pair ties with the fifth card kicker", () => {
     const queenKicker = evaluateHand([
-      c(14, "h"), c(14, "d"), c(13, "c"), c(13, "d"), c(12, "h"), c(2, "c"), c(3, "d"),
+      c(14, "h"),
+      c(14, "d"),
+      c(13, "c"),
+      c(13, "d"),
+      c(12, "h"),
+      c(2, "c"),
+      c(3, "d"),
     ]);
     const jackKicker = evaluateHand([
-      c(14, "s"), c(14, "c"), c(13, "h"), c(13, "s"), c(11, "h"), c(2, "d"), c(3, "c"),
+      c(14, "s"),
+      c(14, "c"),
+      c(13, "h"),
+      c(13, "s"),
+      c(11, "h"),
+      c(2, "d"),
+      c(3, "c"),
     ]);
     expect(queenKicker.rank.category).toBe(2);
     expect(compareHandRanks(queenKicker.rank, jackKicker.rank)).toBeGreaterThan(0);
@@ -322,10 +366,7 @@ describe("table creation and blinds", () => {
     }
     // 52 deck minus 8 dealt cards.
     expect(state.deck).toHaveLength(44);
-    const allCards = [
+    const allCards = [...state.players.flatMap((player) => player.holeCards), ...state.deck];
-      ...state.players.flatMap((player) => player.holeCards),
-      ...state.deck,
-    ];
     expect(allCards).toHaveLength(52);
   });
 
@@ -495,10 +536,7 @@ describe("side pots", () => {
 
     // Expected winners derived independently from the evaluator.
     const evaluations = [0, 1, 2].map((seat) =>
-      evaluateHand([
+      evaluateHand([...(state.players[seat]?.holeCards ?? []), ...state.communityCards]),
-        ...(state.players[seat]?.holeCards ?? []),
-        ...state.communityCards,
-      ]),
     );
     for (let i = 0; i < evaluations.length - 1; i += 1) {
       const a = evaluations[i];
@@ -524,7 +562,9 @@ describe("side pots", () => {
     for (const seat of [0, 1, 2]) {
       const result = results[seat];
       expect(result?.chipsWon).toBe(expectedWon[seat]);
-      expect(result?.netChange).toBe(expectedWon[seat] - (state.players[seat]?.totalCommitted ?? 0));
+      expect(result?.netChange).toBe(
+        expectedWon[seat] - (state.players[seat]?.totalCommitted ?? 0),
+      );
       expect(result?.handRank).toEqual(evaluations[seat]?.rank);
     }
     expect(pots[0]?.winnerSeats).toEqual([mainWinner]);
@@ -629,10 +669,7 @@ describe("fold-out and winner-takes-all", () => {
     expect(state.showdown?.pots[0]?.amount).toBe(2000);
 
     const evaluations = [0, 1].map((seat) =>
-      evaluateHand([
+      evaluateHand([...(state.players[seat]?.holeCards ?? []), ...state.communityCards]),
-        ...(state.players[seat]?.holeCards ?? []),
-        ...state.communityCards,
-      ]),
     );
     const first = evaluations[0];
     const second = evaluations[1];
@@ -742,9 +779,7 @@ describe("full scripted games", () => {
     const winners = state.players.filter((player) => player.stack > 0);
     expect(winners).toHaveLength(1);
     expect(winners[0]?.stack).toBe(4000);
-    const winnerPlacement = state.finalPlacements?.find(
+    const winnerPlacement = state.finalPlacements?.find((p) => p.seatId === winners[0]?.seatId);
-      (p) => p.seatId === winners[0]?.seatId,
-    );
     expect(winnerPlacement?.placement).toBe(1);
     const placements = (state.finalPlacements ?? []).map((p) => p.placement);
     expect(placements[0]).toBe(1);

tests/int/table-names.int.spec.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { generateTableName } from "@/lib/minigames/tableNames";
+import { MAX_TABLE_NAME_LENGTH } from "@/lib/minigames/blackjack";
+
+/**
+ * Default table titles: created tables start with a human codename
+ * ("Amber Falcon") instead of the raw table UUID. Both card game
+ * registries share this generator.
+ */
+
+describe("generateTableName", () => {
+  it("produces a two-word title from the word lists", () => {
+    const name = generateTableName(() => 0);
+    expect(name).toBe("Amber Ace");
+  });
+
+  it("varies with the rng but stays reproducible per seed", () => {
+    const a = generateTableName(() => 0.999);
+    const b = generateTableName(() => 0.999);
+    const c = generateTableName(() => 0.5);
+    expect(a).toBe(b);
+    expect(c).not.toBe("Amber Ace");
+    expect(a.split(" ")).toHaveLength(2);
+    expect(c.split(" ")).toHaveLength(2);
+  });
+
+  it("stays within the table-name length limit and needs no trimming", () => {
+    for (let seed = 0; seed < 40; seed += 1) {
+      const name = generateTableName();
+      expect(name.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+      expect(name.length).toBeLessThanOrEqual(MAX_TABLE_NAME_LENGTH);
+      expect(name).toBe(name.trim());
+    }
+  });
+});