In floor scenario PRC256, Opening Burn-Card Count governs a coup where Player opens with 9+4 (3) and exposes fifth-card 7 (three side pips per column plus one top center pip (value 7)) for 0, while Banker 4 (2+2) draws sixth-card 6 (6) for 0 (6-card T).
Scoreboard sequence paired with floor procedure PRC256 (Opening Burn-Card Count, B4 vs 3-Side Seven (7)).
Column 2 has 3 beads. Column 1 has 2 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 2, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
This bead is at Row 4. Column 1 stopped at Row 2, more than one row above → 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.
Column 5 has 1 bead. Column 2 has 3 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 5, the one that just finished, with Column 2.
Floor standard: at shoe start, the dealer exposes the first card face-up and burns its point value (10 cards for 10/J/Q/K) face-down into the muck.
Reveals three side pips per column plus one top center pip (value 7), moving Player from 3 to 0.
Dealer places sixth-card 6 (6) perpendicular to 2+2 for 0.
Camera layout: burned cards remove unknown ranks from the 416-card pool without altering the mandatory third-card tableau on Coup #1.
Derived road colours record Big Road symmetry, never the T winner of PRC256.
Midi-table walkthrough [PRC256] demonstrates Opening Burn-Card Count where at shoe start [PRC256], the dealer exposes the first card face-up and burns its point value (10 cards for 10/J/Q/K) face-down into the muck; turning over [PRC256] 7 (3-Side Seven (7)) on Player 3 vs Banker 4 fixes Player at 0.
| PRC256 Step | PRC256 Floor Action | PRC256 Card Geometry | PRC256 Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| [PRC256:Deal] | Expose 4 Initial Cards | P(9+4) vs B(2+2) | P=3, B=4 |
| [PRC256:5th] | Opening Burn-Card Count | 5th Card 7 (three side pips per column plus one top center pip (value 7)) | P=0 |
| [PRC256:6th] | BANKER_TABLEAU[4][7]=true | 6th Card 6 (6) | B=0 |
| [PRC256:Call] | Declare T (6 Cards) | Log T to Big Road | 0 vs 0 |
[PRC256-B7] In [PRC256] layout, burned cards remove unknown ranks from the 416-card pool without altering the mandatory third-card tableau on Coup #1. Because [PRC256] BANKER_TABLEAU[4][7]=true against 3-Side Seven (7), the dealer deals [PRC256] sixth-card 6 (6) sideways so Banker 4 finishes at 0, settling 6c [PRC256] as T on BBPPPBBBBP (where derived Red/Blue marks reflect Big Road symmetry).
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