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SPECIALTY SIDE-BET AUDIT · SMTG

Small Tiger (2-Card Banker 6) Audit: 22 to 1 Paytable, 1.8939% Hit Rate & 56.4403% Edge

[SMTG] Standalone side bet that wins 22 to 1 (or 14:1 on variants) only when Banker wins with a two-card total of 6. In a 8-deck (416-card) shoe, Small Tiger (2-Card Banker 6) achieves a 1.8939% exact hit frequency at 22 to 1, producing a 56.4403% house edge and 2.990u per-unit standard deviation compared to 1.0579% on standard 5%-commission Banker.

SMTG Payout
22 to 1
SMTG Hit Rate
1.8939%
SMTG House Edge
56.4403%
SMTG Volatility
2.990u
Engine-Verified Scoreboard · 18 Hands

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Big Road P P P B B B P P P B B B P B P B P B
Big Eye Boy = = = = = = ≠ = = = = = = =
Small Road = = = = = = ≠ ≠ = = =
Cockroach Pig = = = ≠ ≠ ≠ = =

SMTG (Small Tiger (2-Card Banker 6)) scoreboard sample. Derived-road red/blue marks track Big Road column symmetry, never SMTG side-bet triggers.

Big Road B is Banker, P is Player Roads under it Red (=): repeating Blue (≠): breaking
Step-by-Step Mark Proofs (Rule 1 & Rule 2)
Big Eye Boy Mark #2

This bead is at Row 3. Column 1 has a bead at Row 3 too → red (=).

  1. Column 2 goes down to Row 3, so use Rule 2: look 1 column back, at Column 1.
  2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 3 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.

Small Road Mark #2

This bead is at Row 3. Column 1 has a bead at Row 3 too → red (=).

  1. Column 3 goes down to Row 3, so use Rule 2: look 2 columns back, at Column 1.
  2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 3 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.

Cockroach Pig Mark #2

This bead is at Row 3. Column 1 has a bead at Row 3 too → red (=).

  1. Column 4 goes down to Row 3, so use Rule 2: look 3 columns back, at Column 1.
  2. Column 1 has a bead at Row 3 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.

Verified Reference Data

Key Facts & Table Specifications

SMTG Paytable Return
22 to 1

Standalone side bet that wins 22 to 1 (or 14:1 on variants) only when Banker wins with a two-card total of 6.

SMTG Exact Hit Rate
1.8939%

Enumerated across 8-deck (416-card) finite deals.

SMTG House Edge
56.4403%

Compared against 1.0579% Banker and 1.2351% Player main bets.

SMTG Unit Volatility (SD)
2.990u

Per-hand standard deviation for Small Tiger (2-Card Banker 6) (SMTG).

SMTG Floor Scope
8-Deck Layout

Macau, Las Vegas, Marina Bay Sands, and regulated live-dealer studios (SMTG)

SMTG ACTUARIAL PAYTABLE

Small Tiger (2-Card Banker 6) (SMTG) Combinatorial Breakdown & Jurisdiction Audit

[SMTG-RULE] Gaming-lab specification SMTG quantifies Small Tiger (2-Card Banker 6) across 416 cards: Standalone side bet that wins 22 to 1 (or 14:1 on variants) only when Banker wins with a two-card total of 6. Requires Banker to hold a two-card 6 while Player starts on 0–5 and fails to improve past 5 on the third card (1.8939% frequency).

[SMTG-EDGE] Floor audit SMTG audits a 1.8939% hit rate against the 22 to 1 paytable, which measures a 56.4403% house hold and 2.990u volatility across Macau, Las Vegas, Marina Bay Sands, and regulated live-dealer studios (SMTG). Because SMTG tabulates card ranks and totals dealt from the 8-deck shoe, scoreboard trends on Big Eye Boy, Small Road, and Cockroach Pig never alter SMTG probabilities.

SMTG ParameterSMTG ValueSMTG Main Banker RefSMTG Main Player RefSMTG Audit Note
SMTG Shoe Model8 Decks (416c) [SMTG]8D 416c [SMTG]8D 416c [SMTG]SMTG finite without replacement
SMTG Paytable22 to 1 [SMTG]0.95 to 1 [SMTG]1.00 to 1 [SMTG]SMTG settled on deal completion
SMTG Hit Rate1.8939% [SMTG]45.8597% [SMTG]44.6247% [SMTG]SMTG exact six-card count
SMTG House Edge56.4403% [SMTG]1.0579% [SMTG]1.2351% [SMTG]SMTG house hold per unit
SMTG Std Dev2.990u [SMTG]0.931u [SMTG]0.951u [SMTG]SMTG single-hand dispersion
  • SMTG trigger check: Standalone side bet that wins 22 to 1 (or 14:1 on variants) only when Banker wins with a two-card total of 6.
  • SMTG combinatorial proof: Requires Banker to hold a two-card 6 while Player starts on 0–5 and fails to improve past 5 on the third card (1.8939% frequency).
  • SMTG independence verification: derived-road marks on PPPBBBPP never shift SMTG (56.4403% edge).
Table Reality Check

Myth vs. Truth

MythSide bets like Small Tiger (2-Card Banker 6) can be timed using derived-road streaks on Big Eye Boy or Cockroach Pig.
TruthDerived roads record only whether the previous hand won on Banker or Player relative to prior Big Road columns; they contain zero information about card ranks, suits, or Small Tiger (2-Card Banker 6) (56.4403% house edge).
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