diff --git a/pgx/_src/games/hex.py b/pgx/_src/games/hex.py
index c5342cc1e..c5cc2d01e 100644
--- a/pgx/_src/games/hex.py
+++ b/pgx/_src/games/hex.py
@@ -69,17 +69,14 @@ def is_terminal(self, state: GameState) -> Array:
     #     ...
 
 
-def _is_terminal(state: GameState, size: int) -> Array:
+def _is_terminal(state: GameState, action: Array, size: int) -> Array:
     top, bottom = jax.lax.cond(
         state.color == 0,
         lambda: (state.board[::size], state.board[size - 1 :: size]),
         lambda: (state.board[:size], state.board[-size:]),
     )
-
-    def check_same_id_exist(_id):
-        return (_id < 0) & (_id == bottom).any()
-
-    return jax.vmap(check_same_id_exist)(top).any()
+    target_id = state.board[action]  # target_id != 0
+    return (top == target_id).any() & (bottom == target_id).any()
 
 
 def _step(state: GameState, action: Array, size: int) -> GameState:
@@ -101,9 +98,7 @@ def merge(i, b):
         step_count=state.step_count + 1,
         board=board * -1,
     )
-
-    terminated = _is_terminal(state, size)
-    return state._replace(terminated=terminated)
+    return state._replace(terminated=_is_terminal(state, action, size))
 
 
 def _swap(state: GameState, size: int) -> GameState: