Could I have played these better ?

Game #1299435503: Hold'em NL (7/15) - 2005/11/12 - 01:12:08 (BST)
Table "SixPak10 1374305 - 1" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: NevadaKaz (1310 in chips)
Seat 2: Mic280243 (925 in chips)
Seat 3: Pkvanbast (1082 in chips)
Seat 4: kooger (2015 in chips)
Seat 5: Chris_e (668 in chips)
Pkvanbast: posts small blind 7
kooger: posts big blind 15
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to NevadaKaz [8c 8s]
Chris_e: calls 15
NevadaKaz: calls 15
Mic280243: calls 15
Pkvanbast: folds
kooger: checks
----- FLOP ----- [8d Td 8h]
kooger: checks
Chris_e: checks
NevadaKaz: bets 15
Mic280243: calls 15
kooger: calls 15
Chris_e: folds
----- TURN ----- [8d Td 8h][Qc]
kooger: checks
NevadaKaz: bets 15
Mic280243: raises to 30
kooger: calls 30
NevadaKaz: calls 15
----- RIVER ----- [8d Td 8h Qc][Ts]
kooger: checks
NevadaKaz: bets 150
Mic280243: raises to 865 and is all-in
kooger: folds
NevadaKaz: calls 715
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Mic280243: shows [Tc Ad] (A Full House, Tens full of Eights)
NevadaKaz: shows [8c 8s] (Four of a kind, Eights, Queen high)
NevadaKaz collected 1932 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 1932 Main pot 1932 Rake 0
Board [8d Td 8h Qc Ts]
Seat 1: NevadaKaz showed [8c 8s] and won (1932) with Four of a kind, Eights, Queen high
Seat 3: Pkvanbast (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: kooger (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 5: Chris_e folded on the Flop

The min bets were to induce a raise, was this the right thing to do ? Or did the min bets scream monster I want action ?

Then the next hand,

-----HAND 5------
Game #1299435533: Hold'em NL (7/15) - 2005/11/12 - 01:14:21 (BST)
Table "SixPak10 1374305 - 1" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: NevadaKaz (2302 in chips)
Seat 3: Pkvanbast (1075 in chips)
Seat 4: kooger (1940 in chips)
Seat 5: Chris_e (683 in chips)
NevadaKaz: posts small blind 7
Pkvanbast: posts big blind 15
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to NevadaKaz [9s Td]
kooger: calls 15
Chris_e: calls 15
NevadaKaz: calls 8
Pkvanbast: checks
----- FLOP ----- [8h 7h 6s]
NevadaKaz: bets 150
Pkvanbast: raises to 525
kooger: folds
Chris_e: raises to 668 and is all-in
NevadaKaz: raises to 2287 and is all-in
Pkvanbast: is all-in 535
Returned uncalled bets 1,227 to NevadaKaz
----- TURN ----- [8h 7h 6s][8c]
----- RIVER ----- [8h 7h 6s 8c][Ad]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
NevadaKaz: shows [9s Td] (A Straight, Ten high)
Pkvanbast: shows [Jd 8s] (Three of a kind, Eights, Ace high)
Chris_e: shows [5s 4h] (A Straight, Eight high)
NevadaKaz collected 784 from Side pot #1
NevadaKaz collected 2064 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2848 Main pot 2064 Side pot #1 784 | Rake 0
Board [8h 7h 6s 8c Ad]
Seat 1: NevadaKaz (small blind) showed [9s Td] and won (2848) with A Straight, Ten high
Seat 4: kooger folded on the Flop