In California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck) (8-deck, 416-card shoe), Either Pair Initial Two-Card Rank Match (5 to 1) pays 5 to 1 with a 14.3820% hit frequency, a 13.7600% house edge, and a 2.1100 per-hand standard deviation under California Bureau of Gambling Control standards (SBA336).
Reference shoe scoreboard (BBPPPBBBPPBPTBPBBP) alongside SBA336 (Either Pair (5:1) Bet in California 8D, 416 cards).
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.
Column 4 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 4, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
Pays 5 to 1 if either the Player initial two cards or the Banker initial two cards form a rank pair (10-J unsuited faces do not pair).
Evaluated across 416 cards (8 decks) in California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck).
Compared against 1.0579% Banker (5% vig) and 1.2351% Player main bets.
Per-wager volatility under California Bureau of Gambling Control rules.
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Benchmark SBA336 measures Either Pair Initial Two-Card Rank Match (5 to 1) (5 to 1) across California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck) (416-card 8-deck shoe, California Bureau of Gambling Control), recording a 14.3820% hit rate, 13.7600% house edge, and 2.1100 volatility.
Multi-bet session math for SBA336 (California 8D, 416 cards) shows that pairing a 1-unit main wager with 1 unit on Either Pair (5:1) Bet (5 to 1, 14.3820% hit rate) adds -13.7600% EV and 2.1100 SD per hand (each single side pairs (sba336-8d) 7.4699% of the time in (california 8d) 8 decks; subtracting the 0.558% (sba336-8d·california 8d) overlap yields 14.382% combined hit rate).
| Wager Option | Payout Schedule | Hit Rate (8D) | House Edge / EV |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBA336 Either Pair (5:1) Bet | 5 to 1 | 14.3820% | -13.7600% (2.1100 SD) |
| SBA336 Banker (California 8D) | 0.95 to 1 | 45.8597% | -1.0579% (416c) |
| SBA336 Player (California 8D) | 1 to 1 | 44.6247% | -1.2351% (8D) |
Under California Bureau of Gambling Control oversight in SBA336 (8-deck 416-card shoe), Either Pair (5:1) Bet (5 to 1) maintains a 13.7600% house edge and 2.1100 SD (14.3820% frequency) independently of Bead Plate or derived-road trajectories.
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