In High-Limit 4-Deck Private Salon (4-deck, 208-card shoe), Big (5–6 Cards) & Small (4 Cards) Total Cards Side Bet pays 0.54:1 (Big) / 1.5:1 (Small) with a 60.9279% hit frequency, a 5.1340% house edge, and a 0.9390 per-hand standard deviation under Independent Gaming Lab (GLI-11/19) standards (SBA375).
Reference shoe scoreboard (PPBBPPPPBBBBPPBBPB) alongside SBA375 (Big (0.54:1) & Small (1.5:1) in VIP Salon 4D, 208 cards).
Column 2 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 2, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
This bead is at Row 3. Column 1 stopped at Row 2, one row above → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Thinking "no bead at this row" means blue. It is blue only when Column 1 stopped exactly one row above this bead.
This bead is at Row 3. Column 1 stopped at Row 2, one row above → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Thinking "no bead at this row" means blue. It is blue only when Column 1 stopped exactly one row above this bead.
Small pays 1.5:1 if the hand ends in 4 cards (37.892%); Big pays 0.54:1 if 5 or 6 cards are dealt (62.108%).
Evaluated across 208 cards (4 decks) in High-Limit 4-Deck Private Salon.
Compared against 1.0579% Banker (5% vig) and 1.2351% Player main bets.
Per-wager volatility under Independent Gaming Lab (GLI-11/19) rules.
Compact 208-card 4-deck high-limit shuffler shoes.
In VIP Salon 4D (SBA375, 208-card shoe), Big (5–6 Cards) & Small (4 Cards) Total Cards Side Bet (0.54:1 (Big) / 1.5:1 (Small)) carries a 5.1340% house edge (60.9279% hit rate, 0.9390 SD) because four-card completions occur on (sba375-4d) all naturals (31.83%) plus two-card (vip salon 4d) 6/7 vs 6/7 stands (6.06%), (sba375-4d·vip salon 4d) giving small a 5.268% edge and big 4.354%.
Table-game filings for SBA375 (Independent Gaming Lab (GLI-11/19), 4 decks / 208 cards) verify that small pays 1.5:1 if (sba375) the hand ends in 4 (vip salon 4d) cards (37.892%); big pays 0.54:1 (sba375·vip salon 4d) if 5 or 6 cards are dealt (62.108%); four-card completions occur on (sba375-4d) all naturals (31.83%) plus two-card (vip salon 4d) 6/7 vs 6/7 stands (6.06%), (sba375-4d·vip salon 4d) giving small a 5.268% edge and big 4.354%, yielding 60.9279% wins and 5.1340% hold (0.9390 SD).
| Wager Option | Payout Schedule | Hit Rate (4D) | House Edge / EV |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBA375 Big (0.54:1) & Small (1.5:1) | 0.54:1 (Big) / 1.5:1 (Small) | 60.9279% | -5.1340% (0.9390 SD) |
| SBA375 Banker (VIP Salon 4D) | 0.95 to 1 | 45.8597% | -1.0579% (208c) |
| SBA375 Player (VIP Salon 4D) | 1 to 1 | 44.6247% | -1.2351% (4D) |
In SBA375 (VIP Salon 4D, Independent Gaming Lab (GLI-11/19)), electronic totems may flash side-bet icons alongside Big Eye Boy and Small Road grids, yet Big (0.54:1) & Small (1.5:1) remains governed by 208-card combinatorics (60.9279% hit rate, 5.1340% edge, 0.9390 SD).
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