In California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck) (8-deck, 416-card shoe), Perfect Pair Suited Identical Rank Side Bet (25 to 1) pays 25 to 1 with a 3.3440% hit frequency, a 13.0800% house edge, and a 4.7970 per-hand standard deviation under California Bureau of Gambling Control standards (SBA321).
Reference shoe scoreboard (PPBBBPPPBBPBTBPBPP) alongside SBA321 (Perfect Pair (25:1) 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 25 to 1 when either initial two-card hand is an identical rank AND suit pair (e.g., two Queen of Spades).
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.
Third-party proposition player (TPPPS) commission-free 8-deck shoes.
Why does Perfect Pair (25:1) Bet (25 to 1) hold 13.0800% in California Player-Banked Cardrooms (8-Deck) (audit SBA321, 8 decks / 416 cards)? Pays 25 to 1 (SBA321) when either initial two-card hand (California 8D) is an identical rank AND (SBA321·California 8D) suit pair (e.g., two Queen of Spades), occurring on 3.3440% of hands with 4.7970 unit dispersion.
In SBA321 (California 8D, 8 decks / 416 cards), pays 25 to 1 (sba321) when either initial two-card hand (california 8d) is an identical rank and (sba321·california 8d) suit pair (e.g., two queen of spades) and requires duplicate cards from (sba321-8d) multi-deck shoes; impossible in a (california 8d) single-deck game and tighter in (sba321-8d·california 8d) 6 decks than 8 decks, resulting in a 3.3440% hit probability, 13.0800% house edge, and 4.7970 SD.
| Wager Option | Payout Schedule | Hit Rate (8D) | House Edge / EV |
|---|---|---|---|
| SBA321 Perfect Pair (25:1) Bet | 25 to 1 | 3.3440% | -13.0800% (4.7970 SD) |
| SBA321 Banker (California 8D) | 0.95 to 1 | 45.8597% | -1.0579% (416c) |
| SBA321 Player (California 8D) | 1 to 1 | 44.6247% | -1.2351% (8D) |
Under California Bureau of Gambling Control oversight in SBA321 (8-deck 416-card shoe), Perfect Pair (25:1) Bet (25 to 1) maintains a 13.0800% house edge and 4.7970 SD (3.3440% frequency) independently of Bead Plate or derived-road trajectories.
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