How to play Goalpost

A table seats 2 to 8 players. Each table has an ante, which is also its minimum bet:

• Starter0.01 SOL
• Player0.02 SOL
• Gambler0.05 SOL
• Master0.1 SOL
• Overlord0.25 SOL

You sit with a buy-in from your balance. When you stand up, whatever is left of your stack goes straight back to your balance.

1. When every seated player is ready, each one pays the ante into the pot.
2. Turns go clockwise. On your turn two posts are dealt face up. Ace counts as 1 and King as 13. If the posts are equal or next to each other they are dealt again.
3. You have 15 seconds to bet or skip. Only the player whose turn it is can act.
4. The kicker is turned over. Strictly between the posts wins. Equal to a post, or outside them, loses.

If the pot or your stack is smaller than the ante, Skip is the only move. Run out the clock and the table skips for you; after 3 timeouts in a row you sit out until you come back.

• Win: you receive your stake from the pot, less the house fee on that stake.
• Lose: your stake goes into the pot for the next player.
• Skip: nothing moves. The kicker is still revealed so you can see what would have happened.

When the pot drops below the ante it is cleared: everyone antes again within 30 seconds to start a new pot, and anything left over carries into it.

The fee is 4% of a winning stake (2% for Goalpost holders, 1% for Druids). Losing and skipping are free.

The gap between the posts is everything. With the posts out of the deck, 50 cards remain; every card of a rank strictly between the posts wins. The table shows your exact chance on every turn.

The table server deals every card and runs the clock. Each hand's seed is published as a hash when the posts are dealt and revealed with the result, so a deal can be checked after the fact.