In British Columbia & Ontario Pits (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 13.7300% house edge, and a 2.1150 per-hand standard deviation under BCLC / AGCO Canada standards (SBA341).
Reference shoe scoreboard (PPBBPBTBPPBBPBPBPP) alongside SBA341 (Either Pair (5:1) Bet in Canada 8D, 416 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 2. Column 2 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Thinking "no bead at this row" means blue. It is blue only when Column 2 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 British Columbia & Ontario Pits (8-Deck).
Compared against 1.0579% Banker (5% vig) and 1.2351% Player main bets.
Per-wager volatility under BCLC / AGCO Canada rules.
Canadian provincial 8-deck squeeze and stadium tables.
Quantitative filing SBA341 pairs Either Pair Initial Two-Card Rank Match (5 to 1) (5 to 1) with British Columbia & Ontario Pits (8-Deck) (8 decks, 416 cards): each single side pairs (sba341-8d) 7.4699% of the time in (canada 8d) 8 decks; subtracting the 0.558% (sba341-8d·canada 8d) overlap yields 14.382% combined hit rate, fixing expected loss at 13.7300% (14.3820% hit rate, 2.1150 SD).
Finite 8-deck (416-card) enumeration in SBA341 (Canada 8D) proves that pays 5 to 1 (sba341) if either the player initial (canada 8d) two cards or the banker (sba341·canada 8d) initial two cards form a rank pair (10-j unsuited faces do not pair), while each single side pairs (sba341-8d) 7.4699% of the time in (canada 8d) 8 decks; subtracting the 0.558% (sba341-8d·canada 8d) overlap yields 14.382% combined hit rate (14.3820% frequency, -13.7300% EV, 2.1150 SD).
| Wager Option | Payout Schedule | Hit Rate (8D) | House Edge / EV |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBA341 Either Pair (5:1) Bet | 5 to 1 | 14.3820% | -13.7300% (2.1150 SD) |
| SBA341 Banker (Canada 8D) | 0.95 to 1 | 45.8597% | -1.0579% (416c) |
| SBA341 Player (Canada 8D) | 1 to 1 | 44.6247% | -1.2351% (8D) |
Scoreboard displays in British Columbia & Ontario Pits (8-Deck) (SBA341, Canada 8D) plot Banker and Player outcomes on the Bead Plate and Big Road while Big Eye Boy, Small Road, and Cockroach Pig red/blue marks track column symmetry—never whether Either Pair (5:1) Bet (14.3820% hit rate, 13.7300% edge) is about to land.
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