This bead is at Row 2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=). In this engine-verified Cockroach Pig (曱甴路 (Gaat Jaat Lou)) walkthrough, we inspect Mark #1 at Big Road Column 4, Row 2 (looking 3 columns back to Column 1) and trace every step through describeMarkSteps().
RW-CP-START (Cockroach Pig, Lookback 3): Mark #1 at Big Road Column 4, Row 2 → This bead is at Row 2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).
This bead is at Row 2. Column 1 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 1 stopped exactly one row above this bead.
Compares Big Road columns separated by 3 columns.
Triggers Rule 2 (Continuing Down a Column).
Rendered with crisp SIGNAL white (#F4F5F6) lookback boxes.
Steps: 1. Column 4 goes down to Row 2, so use Rule 2: look 3 columns back, at Column 1. 2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).
Next-hand probe on this board: If B → -, If P → -.
Cockroach Pig (曱甴路, rendered with red and blue diagonal slashes `/`) has a lookback distance of 3 columns. Because every comparison reaches 3 columns to the left, the Big Road must complete at least 3 full columns before Cockroach Pig can evaluate its first cell.
If Column 4 descends to Row 2, Cockroach Pig starts at Column 4 Row 2 using Rule 2 (comparing against Column `4 - 3 = 1`). If Column 4 ends after only 1 bead (so Row 2 of Column 4 never happens), Cockroach Pig starts on the next hand at Column 5 Row 1 using Rule 1 (comparing finished Column 4 with Column `4 - 3 = 1`).
Our locked road engine summarizes this exact mark in two steps: 1. Column 4 goes down to Row 2, so use Rule 2: look 3 columns back, at Column 1. 2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).
| Derived Mark | Big Road Position | Rule Applied | Verdict | describeMark() Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark #1 (Featured) | Col 4, Row 2 | Rule 2 (Continue Down) | Red (=) | This bead is at Row 2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=). |
| Mark #2 | Col 5, Row 1 | Rule 1 (New Column) | Red (=) | Column 4 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=). |
| Mark #3 | Col 5, Row 2 | Rule 2 (Continue Down) | Red (=) | This bead is at Row 2. Column 2 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=). |
| Mark #4 | Col 5, Row 3 | Rule 2 (Continue Down) | Blue (≠) | This bead is at Row 3. Column 2 stopped at Row 2, one row above → blue (≠). |
| Mark #5 | Col 6, Row 1 | Rule 1 (New Column) | Blue (≠) | Column 5 has 3 beads. Column 2 has 2 beads. Different depth → blue (≠). |
| Mark #6 | Col 6, Row 2 | Rule 2 (Continue Down) | Red (=) | This bead is at Row 2. Column 3 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=). |
In `BBPPBBPP...`, Columns 1, 2, and 3 each have 2 beads (`BB`, `PP`, `BB`). When Hand 8 lands at Column 4 Row 2 (`PP`), Cockroach Pig places its first slash by checking Column 1 Row 2.
Across the full 34-hand board for RW-CP-START, Cockroach Pig records 27 total marks (15 Red = and 12 Blue ≠). Remember that each hand in an 8-deck shoe is an independent event and derived roads describe past column symmetry rather than predicting the next winner.
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