$11--wow I won...hand question inside

[xGoreDudex]

Well, after going 0-5, finally won one today, good feeling.
Anyway, here's some hands that were key, just wondering if I'm flawed anywhere here....can't get the hand convertor to work, anyone know if their's a working link available?


***** Hand History for Game 2948813459 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:16970731 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Saturday, October 29, 12:01:49 EDT 2005
Table Table 67453 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: bigsteve074 ( $865 )
Seat 4: Cmonbutch69 ( $3010 )
Seat 6: elvis107 ( $1300 )
Seat 3: DonkdHound_ ( $675 )
Seat 10: CandyBar111 ( $1650 )
Seat 9: Barbelith ( $500 )
Trny:16970731 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DonkdHound_ [ 9c 9s ]
DonkdHound_ raises [100].
Cmonbutch69 has been reconnected and has 9 seconds to act.
Cmonbutch69 folds.
elvis107 folds.
Barbelith folds.
CandyBar111 calls [75].
bigsteve074 calls [50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, 4h, 8c ]
CandyBar111 checks.
bigsteve074 checks.
DonkdHound_ bets [90].
CandyBar111 folds.
bigsteve074 calls [90].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
bigsteve074 checks.
DonkdHound_ bets [80].
bigsteve074 calls [80].
** Dealing River ** [ 7c ]
bigsteve074 checks.
DonkdHound_ checks.
bigsteve074 shows [ Qd, 8d ] a pair of eights.
DonkdHound_ shows [ 9c, 9s ] a straight, seven to jack.
DonkdHound_ wins 640 chips from the main pot with a straight, seven to jack.

Was trying to induce a bluff here on the river, didn't seem to work, but a pot won is a pot won.

#2. When the blinds are this insane and it's HU is this play typically okay?

***** Hand History for Game 2948886207 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:16970731 Level:9 Blinds(250/500) - Saturday, October 29, 12:24:50 EDT 2005
Table Table 67453 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 6: elvis107 ( $4060 )
Seat 3: DonkdHound_ ( $3940 )
Trny:16970731 Level:9
Blinds(250/500)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DonkdHound_ [ Qh 3h ]
DonkdHound_ is all-In.
elvis107 calls [3440].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Kc, Qd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3d ]
DonkdHound_ shows [ Qh, 3h ] two pairs, queens and threes.
elvis107 shows [ 6h, 6d ] a pair of sixes.
DonkdHound_ wins 7880 chips from the main pot with two pairs, queens and threes.

Not pretty, anyway guys sorry again, appreciate any comments as I try to form some sort of Sit & Go game