Removing 31 of 32 Ace (1-Point Pip) (Ace-1) cards at 85% penetration of a 8-deck (416-card) shoe leaves 1 Ace-1 cards inside a 62-card stub (DEP378), producing 45.8620% Banker wins, 44.6223% Player wins, 9.5157% Ties, and a 1.0137% Banker house edge under EZ Baccarat.
Reference shoe scoreboard (PPBBPBTBPPBBPBPBPP) illustrating derived-road symmetry checks alongside DEP378 (8D Ace-1 at 85% 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.
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.
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.
85% penetration depth in 8D (eight-deck Macau, Las Vegas Strip, and Singapore standard shoes).
31 Ace cards valued at 1 modulo-10 point removed from the 8D pack.
Resolved at 45.8620% Banker win rate under EZ Baccarat settlement.
Resolved at 44.6223% Player win rate with 0.9383 unit standard deviation.
Produces a 14.3591% house hold on the 8-to-1 Tie wager in state DEP378.
Quantitative proof DEP378 documents 8D rank depletion at 85% depth: 31 exited Ace-1 cards leave 1 of 32 in the 62-card stub, generating 45.8620% Banker wins (-1.0137% EV under EZ Bar-7) and 44.6223% Player wins.
Comparing initial 416-card 8D weights against stub DEP378 (62 cards, 85% depth, 1 Ace-1 left) illustrates how removing aces slightly favors (dep378) banker because banker stands on (8d-85%) 6 against player third-card ace (dep378·8d-85%) while player must draw on 0–5 (+0.44 bps slope, 1.0137% EZ Bar-7 edge).
| Wager / Metric | State DEP378 Value | 8D Baseline | Settlement Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| DEP378 Banker (EZ Bar-7) | 45.8620% (-1.0137% EV) | 45.8597% | DEP378 8D 85% (1 Ace-1) |
| DEP378 Player (1:1) | 44.6223% (-1.2397% EV) | 44.6247% | DEP378 62-card 8D stub (0.9383 SD) |
| DEP378 Tie (8:1) | 9.5157% (-14.3591% EV) | 9.5156% | DEP378 Ace-1 (31 out, 1 in) |
Whether DEP378 is observed in eight-deck Macau, Las Vegas Strip, and Singapore standard shoes at 85% depth (62/416 cards left, 1 Ace-1 remaining), EZ Bar-7 settlement locks Banker EV at -1.0137% and Player EV at -1.2397% with 9.5157% Ties.
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