Tried out the OPP Count on a recent trip. It was very, very easy to use. By the second time I used it, it was very easy to chat incessantly with other players and keep an accurate count. Won money using it as well using a 1-4 spread.

It seems to me, though, that the OPP count should be modified slightly depending on where you are sitting at the table. The whole idea of the OPP is there are a certain number of tens in each players hand. However, if you are sitting in first position, when you draw your first card, only two of the cards of the other hands will have been shown. On the other hand if you are in last position, all of the cards will have been played.

Thus, when there are seven players, if you are in first position, you are supposed to substract seven before the cards are dealt. If you are in last position, you are still supposed to subtract seven, but tons more cards will have been played by the time it gets to you (and more tens).

Maybe this only matters on the first round of play, though -- so perhaps it isn't significant. But I would think modifying OPP such that with seven people playing you subtract 7 in the last position, 6 in the 6th, 5 in the 5th, etc, and on down the line; but then subtact 7 each time for subsequetnt hands would be more accurate. Thoughts?

As an aside, I had 15 at one point and took insurance when the OPP count was a whopping 23! Unfortunately I lost the insurance bet. That didn't worry me. What ticked me off, though, was the dealer who then gave me a long lecture on buying insurance only when you have a winning hand. I wanted to tell him that couting cards if a lot better method of determining insurance bets, but held my tongue.