Hat or Not is the third daily game on Hatlock Holmes, after The Lineup and Cop, Keep, Drop. It launched on October 10. Every day at midnight Eastern, a new deck of 25 New Era fitteds goes up, and everyone gets the same 25 in the same order. Swipe right if you’d wear it. Swipe left if you wouldn’t. Play today’s deck.
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How It Works
Each cap gets one call:
- 🧢 Hat: swipe right, tap Hat, or press → on a keyboard.
- ✕ Not: swipe left, tap Not, or press ←. It’s not you, it’s your colorway.
Calls are final, so go with your first reaction. When you finish all 25, you see:
- How many caps you said Hat to.
- How many of your 25 calls matched the crowd.
- The three caps the most players said Hat to.
- The share of players who said Hat to each of your hats.
Every cap links to its deal, and one tap saves all your hats to your Watchlist.
Sharing and Keep Swiping
Share your deck turns your 25 calls into a five-by-five grid of 🧢 and ❌. The caps themselves aren’t shown. A shared deck looks like this:
Hat or Not No. 1: 15/25 hats 🧢🧢🧢🧢❌ 🧢🧢🧢❌🧢 ❌❌🧢❌❌ 🧢🧢❌🧢🧢 🧢❌❌❌🧢 hatlockholmes.com/hat-or-not.html
After the deck, Keep swiping shuffles the rest of the deals board, minus the 25 you just saw and anything you’ve already swiped that day. Those extra swipes stay on your device. They aren’t sent anywhere or counted in the results.
How Each Deck Is Picked
Decks are scheduled a week ahead and don’t change once they’re set. Each one has 8 MLB caps, 6 NFL, 5 NBA, 4 NHL and 2 from the minor leagues, with one cap per team. If a league is short on teams with deals, the other leagues fill its spots.
Caps come from stores across the deals board, not just New Era. The October 10 deck came from 12 stores. Three kinds of caps are left out on purpose:
- The day’s Lineup team, so Hat or Not can’t give away The Lineup’s answer.
- The day’s three Cop, Keep, Drop caps.
- Any cap that was in a deck in the past week.
What Gets Sent
When you finish the deck, your 25 calls go to the results counter. That’s all that’s sent: no name, no account, no sign-up. Results stay hidden until enough players have finished that day’s deck, so a cap can’t show 100% after two votes. Your own calls are always included in what you see. The privacy page has the details.
Try Five From Launch Night
Here are five caps from the first deck, No. 1 on October 10. Make your calls, then open the flap to see Hatlock’s.
No. 1 · Launch night · October 10
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Missions Copa de la Diversión
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Cowboys Tonal Florals White
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Flames Walnut
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Raiders 2023 Draft On Stage
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Cubs Alpha Industries Olive
Hatlock’s picks
- Hat San Antonio Missions, Copa de la Diversión 59FIFTY at Prociety, $15.00 (was $41.99). $15 for a cap that brought its own fiesta.
- Not Dallas Cowboys, Tonal Florals White 59FIFTY at New Era, $27.49 (was $49.99). Florals? In October? Groundbreaking.
- Hat Calgary Flames, Walnut 59FIFTY at USA Cap King, $45.00 (was $55.00). Walnut is the color of a good desk.
- Not Las Vegas Raiders, 2023 NFL Draft On Stage 59FIFTY at Coliseum Sports, $34.99 (was $49.99). A 2023 draft cap still waiting to be picked.
- Hat Chicago Cubs, New Era x Alpha Industries 59FIFTY at Burdeens Chicago, $25.00 (was $49.99). A flight-jacket brand made a Cubs cap. At half off, it lands.
Prices from the deals board on October 10, 2026. They may have changed.
No cap is right for everyone. That’s what the other 24 are for. A new deck goes up every day at midnight Eastern. Play today’s deck.
- Hatlock