I think I had watched too much Poker on ESPN. The play payed off, but was it a bit too risky? I was really hoping for a fold preflop. Is this just a bad habit to get into long term?

***** Hand History for Game 2957292749 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Sunday, October 30, 23:17:36 EDT 2005
Table Table 65652 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 4: Bob681 ( $28.80 )
Seat 6: CavemanWins ( $13.40 )
Seat 2: kempner ( $67.17 )
Seat 3: zukawi ( $9.20 )
CavemanWins posts small blind [$0.10].
kempner posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to CavemanWins [ 7h 7s ]
zukawi folds.
Bob681 folds.
CavemanWins raises [$0.40].
kempner raises [$1.75].
CavemanWins raises [$12.50].
kempner calls [$11].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Tc, Qs ]
CavemanWins is all-In.
kempner calls [$0.40].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3h ]
CavemanWins shows [ 7h, 7s ] two pairs, tens and sevens.
kempner shows [ As, Jd ] a pair of tens.
CavemanWins wins $25.50 from the main pot with two pairs, tens and sevens.