Quote Originally Posted by Buzz
and my VP$IP stat is running about 21%
If you're playing full ring, I'd suggest cutting this number down to around 16%. Tight play and value betting should crush your level.

Playing this tight helps you threefold:

1) You are almost always going to the flop with the mathematical edge over your opponent.

2) You are learning patience. Patience leads to discipline which leads to less propensity to tilt.

3) When you play only good starting hands, your decisions postflop become much more clear cut. You are never having to worry about things like "oh I flopped top pair with KJo, but I called a raise from my opponent preflop, so he could have AK or KQ", because you'd never call a raise with KJo, since you'd be playing so tight.

Do a search for AOKrongly and read his stuff.