Six Opening Columns Tapering From 6 Beads Down to 1 Bead: across 71 verified 8-deck hands (41 Banker, 30 Player, 0 Tie), this shoe forms 30 Big Road columns spanning 30 display columns, generating 64 Big Eye Boy marks (32R/32B), 59 Small Road marks (23R/36B), and 55 Cockroach Pig marks (24R/31B).
SHOE-1A-14: 71 hands (41B / 30P / 0T) — max streaks 6B & 5P across 30 logical columns.
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.
Column 2 has 5 beads. Column 1 has 6 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 2, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
Column 3 has 4 beads. Column 1 has 6 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 3, the one that just finished, with Column 1.
Deterministic seed 104114 — 57.75% Banker share of decided hands.
Phenomenon: Six Opening Columns Tapering From 6 Beads Down to 1 Bead.
Featured mark: This bead is at Row 2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 2 too → red (=).
Verified by calculateAllRoads() on SHOE-1A-14.
Computed via getNextRoadPredictions() at the end of the shoe.
Now compare the ascending staircase with its mirror image: a descending taper where Column 1 has 6 Banker beads, Column 2 has 5 Player beads, Column 3 has 4 Banker beads, Column 4 has 3 Player beads, Column 5 has 2 Banker beads, and Column 6 has 1 Player bead across a 71-hand shoe.
Because each column in the 6-5-4-3-2-1 taper is SHORTER than the column before it, every single continuing bead (Row 2 and below) sits at a row where the taller reference column to its left ALSO has a bead! Therefore, 100% of the Rule 2 (continuing down) marks during the taper are Red (=) under Case 1. However, whenever a new column starts at Row 1, Rule 1 compares the just-finished column with the taller column before it (`5 vs 6`, `4 vs 5`, `3 vs 4`, `2 vs 3`, `1 vs 2`)—producing a single Blue (≠) mark at the start of every column!
| Logical Column | Winning Side | Column Depth | Attached Ties | 6-Row Grid Placement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Col 1 (SHOE-1A-14) | Banker (B) | 6 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 6 |
| Col 2 (SHOE-1A-14) | Player (P) | 5 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 5 |
| Col 3 (SHOE-1A-14) | Banker (B) | 4 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 4 |
| Col 4 (SHOE-1A-14) | Player (P) | 3 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 3 |
| Col 5 (SHOE-1A-14) | Banker (B) | 2 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 2 |
| Col 6 (SHOE-1A-14) | Player (P) | 1 bead | 0 ties | Ends at Row 1 |
| Col 7 (SHOE-1A-14) | Banker (B) | 3 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 3 |
| Col 8 (SHOE-1A-14) | Player (P) | 2 beads | 0 ties | Ends at Row 2 |
Ascending (1-2-3-4-5) and descending (6-5-4-3-2-1) tapers behave asymmetrically under Rule 2 because in a descending taper the reference column is always taller than the current column.
If a hypothetical Hand #72 were dealt at the end of SHOE-1A-14, getNextRoadPredictions() shows that a Banker win would produce Big Eye Boy BLUE, Small Road BLUE, and Cockroach Pig BLUE, whereas a Player win would produce Big Eye Boy RED, Small Road RED, and Cockroach Pig RED. Remember that each hand in an 8-deck shoe is independent of prior outcomes.
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