Vegas trip report - Wednesday

I went over to Caesar's to sign up for their $80 + $50 tournament, but decided to see how the cash games went since their events during the WSOP were of a higher buy-in ($200).

I sat at a 1/3 NL table with $200. I played for about 2 hours, and I didn't get any cards. I lost this one:
Dealt AK, there are two limpers so I raise it to $18. I get two callers. Flop comes out Qs Js 5h. I'm first to act so I make a continuation bet of $35. I get one caller. I think he might be on a draw. Turn is the Ac. I check, and he checks. River is a blank. I check again and he bets $50. I called hoping he had a busted flush draw or just a Q, but he had Ks Ts for a straight.
I was down to about $60, so I bought another $200.

I called a $10 raise from a very aggressive player with Kh Qh. Flop came out 9 J Q rainbow. Pre-flop raiser bets out $25, and I raise to $60. He then re-raises me all-in. I raised to gain information, and I got it - he has a hand and I need to fold. But I had about $200 left, and I made a very bad call since I was pretty sure that I was beat. . He showed KK and that was it.
I lost $400 and didn't play the tourney.

I headed over to MGM. I bought in for $200 twice. I hit absolutely nothing, and I was bluffed out of winning pots twice. I played like an idiot, plus I didn't get any cards. Both bluffs against me were because the same guy represented an ace. I couldn't believe he would do it twice, so I made bad laydowns (especially the 2nd one.)

So I'm down $800 today, $953 for the three days. I'm starting to realize that I'm not as good as I once thought I was at this game. As they say, if you can't spot the sucker at the table - you're probably it!