In High-Limit 4-Deck Private Salon (4-deck, 208-card shoe), Either Pair Initial Two-Card Rank Match (5 to 1) pays 5 to 1 with a 14.1087% hit frequency, a 14.4900% house edge, and a 2.1520 per-hand standard deviation under Independent Gaming Lab (GLI-11/19) standards (SBA345).
Reference shoe scoreboard (PPBBPBPPBBPBPPBBPB) alongside SBA345 (Either Pair (5:1) Bet 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.
Column 4 has 1 bead. Column 2 has 2 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 4, the one that just finished, with Column 2.
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.
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 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.
When staked on Compact 208-card 4-deck high-limit (SBA345) shuffler shoes (SBA345, 4-deck 208-card pack), Either Pair Initial Two-Card Rank Match (5 to 1) (5 to 1) converts a 14.1087% hit probability into a -14.4900% expected return with 2.1520 per-hand standard deviation.
Each single side pairs (SBA345-4D) 7.4699% of the time in (VIP Salon 4D) 8 decks; subtracting the 0.558% (SBA345-4D·VIP Salon 4D) overlap yields 14.382% combined hit rate. When audited under Independent Gaming Lab (GLI-11/19) in SBA345 (4-deck 208-card shoe), Either Pair (5:1) Bet (5 to 1) settles at 14.1087% frequency with -14.4900% EV and 2.1520 dispersion.
| Wager Option | Payout Schedule | Hit Rate (4D) | House Edge / EV |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBA345 Either Pair (5:1) Bet | 5 to 1 | 14.1087% | -14.4900% (2.1520 SD) |
| SBA345 Banker (VIP Salon 4D) | 0.95 to 1 | 45.8597% | -1.0579% (208c) |
| SBA345 Player (VIP Salon 4D) | 1 to 1 | 44.6247% | -1.2351% (4D) |
In SBA345 (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 Either Pair (5:1) Bet remains governed by 208-card combinatorics (14.1087% hit rate, 14.4900% edge, 2.1520 SD).
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