I Love To Play The Poker

I'm fully aware that bad beat hand histories do not a good blog make, but I couldn't help but share these. I decide to play some $5/$10 no-limit 'cause I was bored and I'm a degen like that. I was actually fairly surprised at how soft it was. I ran out of money fast:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3150956745: Table Wyteazn - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:40:03 ET - 2007/08/04
Seat 1: CroqueMonsieur ($664)
Seat 2: OtisRush ($2,273.90)
Seat 4: Grndhg25 ($1,080)
Seat 5: gamble4you ($1,701.20)
Seat 6: OrangeBoy ($1,000)
OtisRush posts the small blind of $5
Grndhg25 posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to OrangeBoy [9c 9d]
gamble4you folds
OrangeBoy raises to $35
CroqueMonsieur has 15 seconds left to act
CroqueMonsieur raises to $130
OtisRush has 15 seconds left to act
OtisRush folds
Grndhg25 folds
OrangeBoy raises to $1,000, and is all in
CroqueMonsieur calls $534, and is all in
OrangeBoy shows [9c 9d]
CroqueMonsieur shows [7h 7c]
Uncalled bet of $336 returned to OrangeBoy
*** FLOP *** [7d 8h 2d]
*** TURN *** [7d 8h 2d] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [7d 8h 2d Jh] [3s]
OrangeBoy shows a pair of Nines
CroqueMonsieur shows three of a kind, Sevens
CroqueMonsieur wins the pot ($1,340) with three of a kind, Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,343 | Rake $3
Board: [7d 8h 2d Jh 3s]
Seat 1: CroqueMonsieur (button) showed [7h 7c] and won ($1,340) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 2: OtisRush (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Grndhg25 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: gamble4you didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: OrangeBoy showed [9c 9d] and lost with a pair of Nines

Full Tilt Poker Game #3151061853: Table Anya (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:54:08 ET - 2007/08/04
Seat 1: NEXTT ($1,554)
Seat 2: OrangeBoy ($1,411.50)
OrangeBoy posts the small blind of $5
NEXTT posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to OrangeBoy [3s Ad]
OrangeBoy calls $5
NEXTT raises to $35
OrangeBoy calls $25
*** FLOP *** [7h Ac 3d]
NEXTT bets $40
OrangeBoy raises to $130
NEXTT calls $90
*** TURN *** [7h Ac 3d] [9d]
NEXTT checks
OrangeBoy bets $400
NEXTT raises to $1,389, and is all in
OrangeBoy calls $846.50, and is all in
NEXTT shows [8d Ah]
OrangeBoy shows [3s Ad]
Uncalled bet of $142.50 returned to NEXTT
*** RIVER *** [7h Ac 3d 9d] [8s]
NEXTT shows two pair, Aces and Eights
OrangeBoy shows two pair, Aces and Threes
NEXTT wins the pot ($2,822.50) with two pair, Aces and Eights
OrangeBoy is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,823 | Rake $0.50
Board: [7h Ac 3d 9d 8s]
Seat 1: NEXTT (big blind) showed [8d Ah] and won ($2,822.50) with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 2: OrangeBoy (small blind) showed [3s Ad] and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes

I had eaten that guy alive heads-up and had tilted him into shoving with Ace-Eight there. There's a lot of value in heads-up cash games IMO, but you have to be strong enough to quit playing when you know you don't have the edge. Most people can't do that, myself included.