Good update Mike keep them coming.
Obviously we don"t worry about losing sessions (so much easier to say than do though). They are going to happen though and if we just won all the time I am pretty sure it would be less enjoyable. Best advice I was ever given by some of the great players over on Blonde was to follow their mantra of accept the results and just #lovethegame and long term the results will take care of themselves. I know you don"t need to be told that but sometimes just being reminded of it helps anyway, or at least I find it does.
Due to reading this blog I decided to play 1000 hands on the FR Zoom table just to see what it was like and to try and be constructive in discussion with you (and not sound like a total donk *lol*). I will update result on my thread later today after I finish work but based on what you posted above here are my observations. As always I am no pro player and when I talk to a pro player I am alway surprised how much of the game I don"t understand so I would never claim to be 100% right on anything but am pretty confident in these points.
1) Playing 11/8/3 you are probably going to have a negative red line and I agree with Brendan entirely in that the red line is unimportant if the green line is going up. There is nothing wrong with trying to get it going up though. What I have done is just played a few sessions of single tabling where I really focus on picking great spots to pick up pots without showdown and ensure I am value betting and stealing enough on the river. Continuation bets seem very effective, a lot more than they are at six max. Double Barrelling seems somewhat less effective. If you get checked too twice in position with only one or two opponents just bet, you get so many folds it has to be profitable.
2) Stealing the blinds is very effective. In the FR $10nl game I would more need a reason not to be doing this than a reason to do it. If I am in the Cut Off, On the Button or on the SB and it comes to me unopened I am opening with a WIDE range. Could I recommend a small session where you try this. Just open every unopened button and SB to 30c (or less if it works). I think your steal % OTB is too low and you SB steal % is definately too low.
3) 3-betting light against button raisers when you are in the blinds still works. If you get somebody who your HUD is showing you is opening a lot of pots opens from the Button or the Cut Off then it is profitable to 3-bet them wide from the SB or BB. If you get called c-betting the flop is profitable a lot of the time, although there will be some flops we don"t want to c-bet. If I get called on the flop in a 3-bet pot I proceed with more caution than I would in a 6-max game.
So I would suggest a small (maybe 500 hand) session where you try to do the following.
1) Steal more from the cut off, button and SB. Just for that session try to steal every tie it is unopened (everybody to act before you folds) to you in any of those positions.
2) Look for good spots to 3-bet light. If you are in the blinds and get raised from the button or cut off consider 3-betting
3) Try to steal pots on the flop in good spots. For example if you have called a raise pre, the flop comes ace high and the raiser checks to you bet it. It will work a lot.
Review the session and see if these tactic were profitable. See what difference it makes to your VPIP, PFR and 3-bet stats.
Again, if you want to do a Team Viewer session and watch my game you are more than welcome to do so and I am sure you could give good feedback on it as well.
