Catalog shoe HTC18 (seed 204718) captures a 10 to 15 Ties concentrated along streak transitions and multi-tie beads across 73 dealt 8-deck hands (28 Banker, 30 Player, 15 Tie). Its 27 logical Big Road columns occupy 27 display columns (C1:2P · C2:2B · C3:3P · C4:1B · C5:4P · C6:2B · C7:3P · C8:1B) and generate 55 Big Eye Boy marks (18R/37B), 53 Small Road marks (19R/34B), and 50 Cockroach Pig marks (33R/17B).
HTC18 (seed 204718): 73 hands (28B / 30P / 15T), peak streaks 4B & 4P across 27 logical columns.
This bead is at Row 3. Column 4 stopped at Row 1, more than one row above → red (=).
Common table reading watchout: Thinking "no bead at this row" means blue. It is blue only when Column 4 stopped exactly one row above this bead.
Column 4 has 1 bead. Column 2 has 2 beads. Different depth → blue (≠).
Common table reading watchout: Comparing the wrong columns. Compare Column 4, the one that just finished, with Column 2.
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.
Seed 204718 opening column signature: C1:2P · C2:2B · C3:3P · C4:1B · C5:4P · C6:2B · C7:3P · C8:1B.
Ties never open a new Big Road cell or alter column depth; instead, getBigRoadColumns() attaches each Tie to the most recent decided bead via tiesAfter slashes.
Rule 1: 25 marks · Rule 2 Case 1: 0 · Case 2: 0 · Case 3: 30.
Even when double or triple Ties land between decided hands, Big Eye Boy, Small Road, and Cockroach Pig evaluate only Banker and Player bead counts per column.
Computed by getNextRoadPredictions() after Hand #73 of HTC18.
In catalog shoe HTC18 (seed 204718), 73 total hands resolve into 28 Banker wins, 30 Player wins, and 15 Ties across 27 logical columns (C1:2P · C2:2B · C3:3P · C4:1B · C5:4P · C6:2B · C7:3P · C8:1B). Ties never open a new Big Road cell or alter column depth; instead, getBigRoadColumns() attaches each Tie to the most recent decided bead via tiesAfter slashes.
Tracking HTC18 column by column shows peak runs of 4B and 4P spreading across 27 Big Road display columns: HTC18 records 25 Rule 1 new-column checks, 0 Rule 2 Case 1 covered-row checks, 0 Rule 2 Case 2 one-past-bottom breaks, and 30 Rule 2 Case 3 deep-tail checks.
| Column & Span | Beads | Running Tally | Grid Stop | Depth Pair |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HTC18-C01 (H1–H4) | 2P (PP) [HTC18] | 0B/2P (+2T @HTC18-C1) | HTC18 Row2 Stop (Col1) | NextColVsHTC18-C1: 2v2 |
| HTC18-C02 (H5–H6) | 2B (BB) [HTC18] | 2B/2P (+0T @HTC18-C2) | HTC18 Row2 Stop (Col2) | NextColVsHTC18-C1: 2v2 |
| HTC18-C03 (H7–H10) | 3P (PPP) [HTC18] | 2B/5P (+1T @HTC18-C3) | HTC18 Row3 Stop (Col3) | NextColVsHTC18-C2: 3v2 |
| HTC18-C04 (H11–H13) | 1B (B) [HTC18] | 3B/5P (+2T @HTC18-C4) | HTC18 Row1 Stop (Col4) | NextColVsHTC18-C3: 1v3 |
| HTC18-C05 (H14–H18) | 4P (PPPP) [HTC18] | 3B/9P (+1T @HTC18-C5) | HTC18 Row4 Stop (Col5) | NextColVsHTC18-C4: 4v1 |
| HTC18-C06 (H19–H22) | 2B (BB) [HTC18] | 5B/9P (+2T @HTC18-C6) | HTC18 Row2 Stop (Col6) | NextColVsHTC18-C5: 2v4 |
| HTC18-C07 (H23–H26) | 3P (PPP) [HTC18] | 5B/12P (+1T @HTC18-C7) | HTC18 Row3 Stop (Col7) | NextColVsHTC18-C6: 3v2 |
| HTC18-C08 (H27–H27) | 1B (B) [HTC18] | 6B/12P (+0T @HTC18-C8) | HTC18 Row1 Stop (Col8) | NextColVsHTC18-C7: 1v3 |
| HTC18-C09 (H28–H31) | 2P (PP) [HTC18] | 6B/14P (+2T @HTC18-C9) | HTC18 Row2 Stop (Col9) | NextColVsHTC18-C8: 2v1 |
| HTC18-C10 (H32–H36) | 4B (BBBB) [HTC18] | 10B/14P (+1T @HTC18-C10) | HTC18 Row4 Stop (Col10) | NextColVsHTC18-C9: 4v2 |
Even when double or triple Ties land between decided hands, Big Eye Boy, Small Road, and Cockroach Pig evaluate only Banker and Player bead counts per column. Across HTC18, Big Eye Boy prints 18 Red (32.7%) and 37 Blue marks, Small Road prints 19 Red (35.8%) and 34 Blue marks, and Cockroach Pig prints 33 Red (66.0%) and 17 Blue marks.
At the HTC18 cut card after Hand #73, probing Hand #74 via getNextRoadPredictions() yields Banker → BEB BLUE / SR RED / CP BLUE and Player → BEB RED / SR BLUE / CP RED for HTC18.
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