Why do I ever venture down to 1/2?

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PokerStars Game #6592484745: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/10/11 - 00:06:49 (ET)
Table 'Scania V' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: no-deal7 ($280.35 in chips)
Seat 2: ChodeZilla ($129.65 in chips)
Seat 3: TheNextThing ($363.15 in chips)
Seat 4: eagles4life2 ($143 in chips)
Seat 5: CaptainWood ($76.40 in chips)
Seat 6: $upremacy ($84.35 in chips)
Seat 7: jakeman34 ($182.10 in chips)
Seat 8: Fluff_N_Puff ($193 in chips)
ChodeZilla: posts small blind $1
TheNextThing: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TheNextThing [Qh Qc]
eagles4life2: raises $4 to $6
CaptainWood: calls $6
$upremacy: folds
jakeman34: folds
Fluff_N_Puff: folds
no-deal7: folds
$upremacy leaves the table
ChodeZilla: calls $5
TheNextThing: raises $24 to $30
eagles4life2: folds
CaptainWood: folds
ChodeZilla: calls $24
*** FLOP *** [6c 2c 4c]
ChodeZilla: checks
TheNextThing: bets $166
ChodeZilla: calls $99.65 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [6c 2c 4c] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [6c 2c 4c 9s] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChodeZilla: shows [3c 7c] (a flush, Seven high)
TheNextThing: shows [Qh Qc] (a pair of Queens)
ChodeZilla collected $268.30 from pot