In following hand I am hankr, in the Big Blind with no raises in front of me. Terrible hand-Great flop gives me the Nut straight.

I tried to bet it for value without chasing my opponent. As you can see, he started with Middle Pair, caught 2 pair, then the Full House to beat me out of a big pot.

Question is... my little straight was never going to get any better... Should I have just taken the pot down at the flop and been happy? Or did I play it reasonably-well and just get a bad-beat with perfect (for my opponent) Turn and River? His $2 bet at the Turn surprised me... perhaps that was the time to re-raise?? (as I review it, I think I know the answer).

Hand follows...

Hand #4372856-6928 at Redmond (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 17/Feb/05 06:34:11

PapaCoach is at seat 0 with $4.90.
Jimboat79 is at seat 1 with $15.55.
topside is at seat 3 with $9.90.
Red_Eye_Jedi is at seat 4 with $17.45.
SigEpTxO is at seat 5 with $4.50.
_spacecowboy is at seat 6 with $7.85.
hankr is at seat 7 with $12.45.
roanan1 is at seat 8 with $8.85.
azz123 is at seat 9 with $2.45.
The button is at seat 5.

_spacecowboy posts the small blind of $.05.
hankr posts the big blind of $.10.

PapaCoach: -- --
Jimboat79: -- --
topside: -- --
Red_Eye_Jedi: -- --
SigEpTxO: -- --
_spacecowboy: -- --
hankr: 2d 4c
roanan1: -- --
azz123: -- --

Pre-flop:
roanan1 folds. azz123 folds. PapaCoach calls.
Jimboat79 folds. topside calls. Red_Eye_Jedi folds.
SigEpTxO folds. _spacecowboy calls. hankr checks.

Flop (board: 3h 6c 5s):
_spacecowboy bets $.40. hankr raises to $.80.
PapaCoach folds. topside folds. _spacecowboy calls.

Turn (board: 3h 6c 5s 3c):
_spacecowboy bets $2. hankr calls.

River (board: 3h 6c 5s 3c 5h):
_spacecowboy goes all-in for $4.95. hankr calls.

Showdown:
_spacecowboy shows 5c Ac.
_spacecowboy has 5c 3h 5s 3c 5h: full house, fives full of threes.
hankr mucks cards.
(hankr has 2d 4c.)

Hand #4372856-6928 Summary:
$.75 is raked from a pot of $15.90.
_spacecowboy wins $15.15 with full house, fives full of threes.