A great shoe for the Players heavy wagering person as well as the side bets.
This was a live shoe at a B&M casino on a Light & Wonder 5 Treasures Bac table.
It was hard to get a clear shot of the score board because of all the action there at the table. I believe the first 10 hands went something like the following:
Player (Panda 8 win)
Player
Player
Player
Banker
Player
Player
Player
Player
Then the picture of the score board will show you from hand 11 to when I took the picture, after hand 37.
I tend to lean a bit towards Bankers, but after the initial start, I went for players and covered 4 out of 5 of the side bets. The Panda (Frog) 8, The Fortune 7, the 7-7-7's and the Heavenly 9's. I covered with $40 on P-8, $25 on F-7, $5 on the 7's and $15 on the 9's every hand consistently after the first 8 or 9 hands were presented.
As you see in the picture I was able to snap, 6 Panda 8's were drawn up to hand 37. There were 2 additional Panda 8's as well for a total of 8 Panda Frog 8's. There were 2 Fortune 7's drawn. There were several 2 card 7-7 ties for 50:1 and one 3 card 7-7 tie fir 200:1. There were several 3 card 9's for 10:1 as well as one 3 card 9-9 tie for 75:1. Those numbers were up to about hand 50-55ish.
As many know the 5 Treasures Bac table also has the Dragon Bonus side wager. Several (at least 3) of the 3 card Heavenly 9's ended up as a 9 for one side with the opposite side having a total of 0. A 30:1 payout on the Dragon Bonus if it was played. Countless hands within the shoe also wound up as a 7-0 or an 8-0 with 3 card build outs allowing the Dagon Bonus to pay 10:1 or 6:1.
Lots of great ROI moves IMO if one doesn't follow that classic mentality, "What it is supposed to be", etc.
Mind boggling how so many players wager that way.