Removing 11 of 16 Eight-Pip Card (Rank-8) cards at 60% penetration of a 4-deck (208-card) shoe leaves 5 Rank-8 cards inside a 83-card stub (DEP257), producing 45.8715% Banker wins, 44.5867% Player wins, 9.5417% Ties, and a 0.9686% Banker house edge under EZ Baccarat.
Reference shoe scoreboard (BBPPBBPPBPTBPBBPBP) illustrating derived-road symmetry checks alongside DEP257 (4D Rank-8 at 60% 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.
60% penetration depth in 4D (four-deck Asian VIP salons and compact automatic shuffler shoes).
11 8-pip cards (Natural 8 generator and Banker 3 block) removed from the 4D pack.
Resolved at 45.8715% Banker win rate under EZ Baccarat settlement.
Resolved at 44.5867% Player win rate with 0.9379 unit standard deviation.
Produces a 14.1244% house hold on the 8-to-1 Tie wager in state DEP257.
At 60% penetration of a 208-card (4D) shoe, state DEP257 isolates 11 dealt Rank-8 cards (5 remaining inside 83 stub cards), yielding 45.8715% Banker wins, 44.5867% Player wins, and 0.9379 per-hand standard deviation under EZ Baccarat.
Mechanical draw trees in DEP257 reflect how depleting 8-pip cards also (dep257-rank-8) lowers two-card natural 8 lockouts (83c) when paired with zero-point tens (dep257-rank-8·83c) and court cards. At 60% 4D depth (5 Rank-8 left of 16 in 83 cards, -0.50 bps slope), banker wins pay 1:1 (dep257-4d) with zero commission except when (5/16) banker wins with a three-card (dep257-4d·5/16) total of 7, which pushes.
| Wager / Metric | State DEP257 Value | 4D Baseline | Settlement Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEP257 Banker (EZ Bar-7) | 45.8715% (-0.9686% EV) | 45.8732% | DEP257 4D 60% (5 Rank-8) |
| DEP257 Player (1:1) | 44.5867% (-1.2848% EV) | 44.5850% | DEP257 83-card 4D stub (0.9379 SD) |
| DEP257 Tie (8:1) | 9.5417% (-14.1244% EV) | 9.5418% | DEP257 Rank-8 (11 out, 5 in) |
Scoreboard literacy in DEP257 separates two independent concepts: 4D card-removal math (5 Rank-8 left in 83 cards at 60% depth, 0.9379 volatility) and derived-road comparison rules (Rule 1 column-depth checks and Rule 2 two-cell lookbacks).
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