Column 2 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=). In this engine-verified Prediction Table (Ask Road 問路) (問路 (Man Lou)) walkthrough, we inspect Mark #2 at Big Road Column 3, Row 1 (looking 1 column back to Column 1) and trace every step through describeMarkSteps().
RW-PRED-TABLE (Prediction Table (Ask Road 問路), Lookback 1): Mark #2 at Big Road Column 3, Row 1 → Column 2 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=).
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.
Compares Big Road columns separated by 1 column.
Triggers Rule 1 (Starting a New Column).
Rendered with crisp SIGNAL white (#F4F5F6) lookback boxes.
Steps: 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 (=).
Next-hand probe on this board: If B → -, If P → -.
On every casino scoreboard and inside our free Road Decoder Calculator, the 'Ask Banker / Ask Player' (問路, Man Lou) panel previews the three derived-road marks (hollow circle, solid circle, slash) that WILL appear on the next hand if Banker wins versus if Player wins.
Why do the 'If Banker' and 'If Player' previews ALWAYS show opposite colors (one Red, one Blue) on every active derived road? Because one outcome continues the current Big Road column down to Row `d + 1` (triggering Rule 2: Red if `refDepth !== d`, Blue if `refDepth === d`), while the other outcome ends the current column at depth `d` and starts a new column at Row 1 (triggering Rule 1 against the SAME reference column: Red if `refDepth === d`, Blue if `refDepth !== d`)! Since `refDepth === d` and `refDepth !== d` are exact mathematical opposites, Rule 1 and Rule 2 always produce opposite colors for the two possible winners!
Our locked road engine summarizes this exact mark in two steps: 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 (=).
| Derived Mark | Big Road Position | Rule Applied | Verdict | describeMark() Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark #1 | Col 2, 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 (Featured) | Col 3, Row 1 | Rule 1 (New Column) | Red (=) | Column 2 has 2 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Same depth → red (=). |
| Mark #3 | Col 3, 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 3, 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 4, Row 1 | Rule 1 (New Column) | Blue (≠) | Column 3 has 3 beads. Column 2 has 2 beads. Different depth → blue (≠). |
| Mark #6 | Col 4, Row 2 | Rule 2 (Continue Down) | Red (=) | This bead is at Row 2. Column 3 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=). |
Because 'If Banker' and 'If Player' always invert, once you compute the three derived-road marks for continuing the streak (Rule 2), you automatically know the three marks for breaking the streak (Rule 1)—just flip Red to Blue and Blue to Red!
Across the full 35-hand board for RW-PRED-TABLE, Prediction Table (Ask Road 問路) records 32 total marks (15 Red = and 17 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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