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COMBINATORIAL DEPLETION · 1D · ACE-1 · 25% DEPTH

1-Deck Ace (1-Point Pip) Depletion at 25% Penetration (5% Audit DEP011)

Removing 1 of 4 Ace (1-Point Pip) (Ace-1) cards at 25% penetration of a 1-deck (52-card) shoe leaves 3 Ace-1 cards inside a 39-card stub (DEP011), producing 45.9599% Banker wins, 44.5245% Player wins, 9.5156% Ties, and a 0.8625% Banker house edge under 5%.

Banker EV (5% Vig)
-0.8625%
Player EV (1:1)
-1.4355%
Ace-1 in 39-Card Stub
3/4
Single-Hand Std Dev
0.9323
Engine-Verified Scoreboard · 18 Hands

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Big Road B B P P B B B B P P P P B B P P B P
Big Eye Boy = = = ≠ = ≠ = = = = = ≠ = = ≠
Small Road = ≠ = ≠ = ≠ = ≠ = ≠ = ≠ ≠
Cockroach Pig = ≠ = ≠ = = = ≠ ≠

Reference shoe scoreboard (BBPPBBBBPPPPBBPPBP) illustrating derived-road symmetry checks alongside DEP011 (1D Ace-1 at 25% depth).

Big Road B is Banker, P is Player Roads under it Red (=): repeating Blue (≠): breaking
Step-by-Step Mark Proofs (Rule 1 & Rule 2)
Big Eye Boy Mark #2

Column 2 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=).

  1. Column 3 starts, so use Rule 1: compare Column 2 with Column 1, 1 column further back.
  2. 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.

Small Road Mark #2

This bead is at Row 3. Column 1 stopped at Row 2, one row above → blue (≠).

  1. Column 3 goes down to Row 3, so use Rule 2: look 2 columns back, at Column 1.
  2. 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.

Cockroach Pig Mark #2

This bead is at Row 3. Column 1 stopped at Row 2, one row above → blue (≠).

  1. Column 4 goes down to Row 3, so use Rule 2: look 3 columns back, at Column 1.
  2. 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.

Verified Reference Data

Key Facts & Table Specifications

Stub Size (DEP011)
39 / 52 Cards

25% penetration depth in 1D (single-deck laboratory benchmarks and historical pitch audits).

Ace-1 Remaining
3 of 4 Cards

1 Ace cards valued at 1 modulo-10 point removed from the 1D pack.

Banker EV (5% Vig)
-0.8625%

Resolved at 45.9599% Banker win rate under 5% settlement.

Player EV (1:1)
-1.4355%

Resolved at 44.5245% Player win rate with 0.9323 unit standard deviation.

Tie Incidence (8:1)
9.5156%

Produces a 14.3595% house hold on the 8-to-1 Tie wager in state DEP011.

FINITE-SHOE ENUMERATION · DEP011

How Ace (1-Point Pip) Depletion at 25% Depth Impacts 1D (5% Vig)

Removing 1 of 4 Ace-1 cards by the 25% mark of a 1-deck shoe (DEP011, 39 cards left) leaves 3 Ace (1-Point Pip) cards and adjusts conditional probabilities to 45.9599% Banker, 44.5245% Player, and 9.5156% Tie under 5%.

Tableau audit DEP011 confirms that removing aces slightly favors (dep011) banker because banker stands on (1d-25%) 6 against player third-card ace (dep011·1d-25%) while player must draw on 0–5. Inside the 39-card 1D stub (25% depth, 3/4 Ace-1 remaining, +0.44 bps slope), standard deviation is 0.9323 under 5% Vig.

State DEP011 (1D, 25% depth, 3/4 Ace-1 left, 5% Vig)
Wager / MetricState DEP011 Value1D BaselineSettlement Note
DEP011 Banker (5% Vig)45.9599% (-0.8625% EV)45.9595%DEP011 1D 25% (3 Ace-1)
DEP011 Player (1:1)44.5245% (-1.4355% EV)44.5249%DEP011 39-card 1D stub (0.9323 SD)
DEP011 Tie (8:1)9.5156% (-14.3595% EV)9.5156%DEP011 Ace-1 (1 out, 3 in)
TABLEAU & SCOREBOARD SEPARATION · DEP011

Third-Card Tableau Sensitivity vs Derived-Road Marks (DEP011 · 1D)

Statistical verification of DEP011 (1D, 25% penetration, 3 Ace (1-Point Pip) cards in 39 stub cards) demonstrates why single-rank depletion (1 Ace-1 dealt) shifts edges by basis points around -0.8625% (5% Vig).

  • DEP011 (1D 25%): 39/52 cards with 3/4 Ace-1 (4A).
  • DEP011 (Ace-1 split): 45.9599% Banker, 44.5245% Player, 9.5156% Tie in 39 1D cards (4B).
  • DEP011 (5% Vig EV): -0.8625% Banker, -1.4355% Player, -14.3595% Tie, 0.9323 SD at 25% (4C).
  • DEP011 (1D roads): red/blue marks log Big Road columns, never 3 Ace-1 stub count (4D).
Table Reality Check

Myth vs. Truth

MythWhen 1 Ace (1-Point Pip) cards leave a 1D shoe by 25% depth (DEP011), Big Eye Boy red or blue marks show whether Banker or Player will win next.
TruthDerived-road red and blue marks only compare Big Road column lengths and never track Ace-1 stub counts (3/4 in 39 cards); Banker carries a -0.8625% expectation under 5%.
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