diff --git a/src/components/GameTable.tsx b/src/components/GameTable.tsx
index 9db5bd7..7b88baf 100644
--- a/src/components/GameTable.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GameTable.tsx
@@ -443,38 +443,43 @@ function TrickArea({
   const { front } = useCardSkins();
   return (
     <div className="absolute inset-0">
-      <div className="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 size-0">
-        <AnimatePresence>
-          {trick.map((pc) => {
-            const off = { x: TRICK_OFFSET[pc.seat].x * scale, y: TRICK_OFFSET[pc.seat].y * scale };
-            const enter = TRICK_ENTER[pc.seat];
-            const isWinner = phase === "trick-complete" && winner === pc.seat;
-            return (
-              <motion.div
-                key={pc.card.id}
-                initial={{ x: enter.x, y: enter.y, opacity: 0, scale: 0.7 }}
-                animate={{ x: off.x, y: off.y, opacity: 1, scale: isWinner ? 1.14 : 1 }}
-                exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.6, transition: { duration: 0.25 } }}
-                transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 260, damping: 26 }}
-                className="absolute -translate-x-1/2 -translate-y-1/2"
-                style={{
-                  filter: isWinner
-                    ? "drop-shadow(0 0 18px rgba(212,175,55,1)) drop-shadow(0 0 6px rgba(255,240,120,0.8))"
-                    : undefined,
-                }}
-              >
-                <PlayingCard card={pc.card} size={cardSize} front={front} />
-              </motion.div>
-            );
-          })}
-        </AnimatePresence>
-        {/* Burst particles when trick is won */}
-        <AnimatePresence>
-          {phase === "trick-complete" && winner != null && (
-            <TrickBurst key={`burst-${winner}`} seat={winner} />
-          )}
-        </AnimatePresence>
-      </div>
+      <AnimatePresence>
+        {trick.map((pc) => {
+          const off = { x: TRICK_OFFSET[pc.seat].x * scale, y: TRICK_OFFSET[pc.seat].y * scale };
+          const enter = TRICK_ENTER[pc.seat];
+          const isWinner = phase === "trick-complete" && winner === pc.seat;
+          return (
+            <motion.div
+              key={pc.card.id}
+              initial={{ x: enter.x, y: enter.y, opacity: 0, scale: 0.7 }}
+              animate={{ x: off.x, y: off.y, opacity: 1, scale: isWinner ? 1.14 : 1 }}
+              exit={{ opacity: 0, scale: 0.6, transition: { duration: 0.25 } }}
+              transition={{ type: "spring", stiffness: 260, damping: 26 }}
+              className="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2"
+              // Bake the -50% centering into Framer's transform — Framer owns the
+              // `transform` (from x/y/scale), so a Tailwind -translate-x-1/2 class
+              // gets clobbered (in RTL the card then anchors right → drifts left).
+              transformTemplate={(t) =>
+                `translate(-50%, -50%) translate(${t.x ?? "0px"}, ${t.y ?? "0px"}) scale(${t.scale ?? 1})`}
+              style={{
+                filter: isWinner
+                  ? "drop-shadow(0 0 18px rgba(212,175,55,1)) drop-shadow(0 0 6px rgba(255,240,120,0.8))"
+                  : undefined,
+              }}
+            >
+              <PlayingCard card={pc.card} size={cardSize} front={front} />
+            </motion.div>
+          );
+        })}
+      </AnimatePresence>
+      {/* Burst particles when trick is won (centered on the felt) */}
+      <AnimatePresence>
+        {phase === "trick-complete" && winner != null && (
+          <div key={`burst-${winner}`} className="absolute left-1/2 top-1/2 size-0">
+            <TrickBurst seat={winner} />
+          </div>
+        )}
+      </AnimatePresence>
     </div>
   );
 }