Day 3 Summary: Much better than yesterday ... things are staring to click. Finished up around $44 in 4230 hands. This brings me up to +$76.34 in 16.47 hours and 16,582 hands. I expect to get some nice rakeback at the end of the week (+$35 as of now) + the IronMan EOTY Bonus (cleared $65/$450 so far). So - moving in the right direction and that's important.
Overall update:
The basic adjustments that I've made from yesterday to today have been:
1. Play marginal hands more passively (although my AF is about the same)
2. Play tighter in general (although my VPIP is still ~17%)
The thing is ... staying out of marginal spots at this level is really important. Marginal spots are best navigated with good reads and stats. There are not many players that I have many stats on (in fact, I only have one guy with over 400 hands so far - and that's not that much).
I'm still about 3,500 hands away from doing a thorough 20,000 hand check-up. Right now, the SB is still a major issue for me. I am losing twice as much from the SB as I am from the BB (these #'s should be reversed). Once I address this and continue getting stats and notes on people, I expect to really pick up pace.