Removing 9 of 16 Eight-Pip Card (Rank-8) cards at 50% penetration of a 4-deck (208-card) shoe leaves 7 Rank-8 cards inside a 104-card stub (DEP256), producing 45.8719% Banker wins, 44.5863% Player wins, 9.5417% Ties, and a 1.4074% Banker house edge under Super 6.
Reference shoe scoreboard (PPBBPPBBPPBBPBTBPB) illustrating derived-road symmetry checks alongside DEP256 (4D Rank-8 at 50% depth).
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 3 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 3, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
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.
50% penetration depth in 4D (four-deck Asian VIP salons and compact automatic shuffler shoes).
9 8-pip cards (Natural 8 generator and Banker 3 block) removed from the 4D pack.
Resolved at 45.8719% Banker win rate under Super 6 settlement.
Resolved at 44.5863% Player win rate with 0.9369 unit standard deviation.
Produces a 14.1243% house hold on the 8-to-1 Tie wager in state DEP256.
Finite-shoe specification DEP256 tracks Rank-8 removal at 50% depth in 4-deck play: with 7 of 16 Eight-Pip Card cards left in the 104-card stub, Tie incidence is 9.5417% and Banker expectation settles at -1.4074% (Super 6).
For DEP256 (4-deck shoe, 50% dealt), on banker total 3, (dep256) banker draws against every player (4d-50%) third card except 8; removing (dep256·4d-50%) 8s eliminates banker 3's sole standing exception. Holding 7 of 16 Rank-8 cards in a 104-card stub with -0.50 bps rank slope yields 45.8719% Banker, 44.5863% Player, and 9.5417% Tie.
| Wager / Metric | State DEP256 Value | 4D Baseline | Settlement Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEP256 Banker (Super 6) | 45.8719% (-1.4074% EV) | 45.8732% | DEP256 4D 50% (7 Rank-8) |
| DEP256 Player (1:1) | 44.5863% (-1.2856% EV) | 44.5850% | DEP256 104-card 4D stub (0.9369 SD) |
| DEP256 Tie (8:1) | 9.5417% (-14.1243% EV) | 9.5418% | DEP256 Rank-8 (9 out, 7 in) |
Cut-card protocol at 50% depth in DEP256 (4D, 104 stub cards containing 7 Rank-8 cards) ensures the shoe reshuffles long before Super 6 house hold (1.4074% Banker / 1.2856% Player) is overturned.
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