I found myself card dead for about 500+ cards, as this didn't change before I quit for the day.

Anytime that I got a decent preflop hand and raised, an opponent (not the same one each hand) shoved all-in.
If I was the BB I could cold call and see a flop. If I flopped a pair and bet, my OP reraise all-in.

This continued the entire session. All bets were reraised all-in. I was never dealt a pair larger than 8, no suited aces, no aces larger than 7, and no K's stronger than 9. Best flop I saw was (KQ)- flop K Q 10. He had AJ, I believe as I laid it down after he came over top my large reraise.

So the question is what do you do at a table with no cards, when every raise you put in becomes a decision for all your chips?

This was a 5NL deepstack table