Great site. Been lurking for a while, so I thought I'd post a hand to discuss. Please feel free to criticize. I can take it.

This was the second hand I was dealt sitting in on the table. I got dealt poket 4's and tried limping in. It was raised the minimum, and there were multiple callers, so I thought I'd throw in the extra bet to see the flop. If he raised just a few bucks more, I was out of there.

I'm questioning my bets. I didn't want to bet too much to scare him away, but I wanted to extract the most money out of him. What do you think:

Hand #XXXXXXX-16562 at Shiraz (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 25/May/04 22:22:33

Player11 is at seat 0 with $12.50.
Player12 is at seat 1 with $19.30.
Hero is at seat 2 with $49.50.
Player10 is at seat 3 with $56.85.
Player13 is at seat 4 with $32.
Player14 is at seat 5 with $23.50.
Player15 is at seat 6 with $43.25.
Player6 is at seat 7 with $33.35.
Player16 is at seat 8 with $51.85.
Player17 is at seat 9 with $12.70.
The button is at seat 7.

Player16 posts the small blind of $.25.
Player17 posts the big blind of $.50.

Player11: -- --
Player12: -- --
Hero:
Player10: -- --
Player13: -- --
Player14: -- --
Player15: -- --
Player6: -- --
Player16: -- --
Player17: -- --

Pre-flop:

Player11 calls. Player12 calls. Hero calls.
Player10 raises to $1. Player13 calls. Player14
folds. Player15 calls. Player6 folds. Player16
folds. Player17 folds. Player11 calls. Player12
calls. Hero calls.

Flop (board: ):

Player11 bets $.50. Player12 calls. Hero raises to
$3.50. Player10 calls. Player13 folds.
Player15 folds. Player11 folds. Player12 folds.


Turn (board: ):

Hero bets $8. Player10 calls.

River (board: ):

Hero bets $10. Player10 calls.



Showdown:

Hero shows .
Hero has : full house, fours full of tens.
Player10 mucks cards.
(Player10 has .)


Hand #XXXXXXX-16562 Summary:

$2 is raked from a pot of $50.75.
Hero wins $48.75 with full house, fours full of tens.