10+1 early slip up

NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee
Level:1 Blinds(10/15)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: floosh9er ( $785 )
Seat 6: edope2 ( $815 )
Seat 8: sid779344 ( $875 )
Seat 4: animal628 ( $965 )
Seat 2: pirates55 ( $740 )
Seat 7: jbeckle ( $755 )
Seat 5: tenpin111 ( $755 )
Seat 1: Mewantymony ( $740 )
Seat 10: russell305 ( $710 )
Seat 9: mwj84 ( $860 )
Trny:15733822 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero[ A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
animal628 calls [15].
2 folds
jbeckle calls [15].
fold
mwj84 calls [15].
fold
Mewantymony raises [60].
2 folds
animal628 calls [45].
jbeckle calls [45].
mwj84 calls [45].

4 in the pot.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
animal628 checks.
jbeckle checks.
mwj84 checks.
Mewantymony checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ]
animal628 checks.
jbeckle checks.
mwj84 checks.
Mewantymony bets [125].
animal628 folds.
jbeckle calls [125].
mwj84 folds.
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
jbeckle checks.
Mewantymony bets [150].
jbeckle calls [150].
Mewantymony shows [ Ad, Qd ] a pair of fours.
jbeckle shows [ 5h, 5c ] two pairs, fives and fours.
jbeckle wins 815 chips with two pairs, fives and fours.


I was iffy about betting preflop, but thought it would be OK since I had the button. I think I shouldve made a 1/2 pot sized bet on the flop, but I was hesitant on bluffing the 10+1 players. I played this hand pretty badly =(.

Ty for any help, Brian