Today I lost 50 bucks or so at Hollywood Park playing at the $2 table. I played my hands right, but I didn’t get enough good hands, and there were callers who would outdraw me with weak(er) cards. Pocket Aces, pocket Queens. Ugh.

It could have been worse: at one point I was down more than 90, and managed to score two big pots and one small pot in the space of 5 hands. That made for a pretty good comeback.

Anyway, my point is that maybe it’s not a good idea to play at a table where you can lose your stack if you have 5 good hands that get outdrawn by some idiots and the house takes $3 a pot.

On another note, I won another few dollars at Empire, putting me decidedly in the black. One pot was won with a full boat, 9’s full of 8’s (I had pocket 9’s). Another I took after the flop with a pair of Kings, flop showing a pair of 2’s and an Ace. Pre-flop betting was capped with two callers, so the pot was decent, especially for a hand that had the potential of going disastrously wrong (e.g., someone making a boat with a lower pocket pair).

So maybe .50/1 with a .50 rake for every $5 is more my game.