Making the blinds as "profitable" as possible

[slimpikkens]

I think one of the biggest obstacles stopping me from becoming a winning player is blind play. Pokertracker tells me that after 22K Party 1/2 hands all my non-blind positions are profitable (averaging out to .05 BB/hand). As of today, my blind stats are -.23 BB/hand for the big blind and -.17 BB/hand for the small blind.

I don't expect to even come close to breaking even in the blinds, but I feel like these numbers can be drastically improved. I'm not sure what the ideal BB/hand average is for the blinds....the only stats I have to reference are Astroglide's old 3/6 numbers, where he was -.17 (BB) and -.08 (SB) after 100K hands.

So I'm wondering if anyone can point me to some general info on improving blind play. I'm not expecting to find a detailed strategy guide anywhere, but if anyone knows of some decent posts or book chapters that discuss blind play I'd appreciate it.

Also.....does anyone recommend playing some 6 max tables for these purposes, or is that a different ballgame altogether?

Any comments are much appreciated. Thanks.

[Gatts]

22K hands is less than 5K hands from the blinds. Definitely small sample. However, if you post what you complete out the SB, call raises out the SB/BB, and raise out the SB/BB, I'm sure we can help you with that.

[slimpikkens]

Hey Gatts. I use SSH starting hand recommendations (tight) as a reference. Right now my VPIPSB is 31.84 and VPIPBB is 14.78 (overall VPIP is 18.34).

When there are a few limpers, I usually feel like my raise/call/fold decision is straightforward and I'm at ease, but when it gets shorthanded I always wonder how much I should be loosening up in order to protect my blind. Example: with a raise from EP and a few cold-callers, I'll gladly fold ATo. But what if it's an openraise from the button....how much do I loosen up? Example: I never call Ace-rag in the SB, but if it's folded to me, how low do I go?

It's situations like these that I'm not comfortable with yet.