My first NL100 question: defending blinds play

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Played a bit of NL100 for basically the 1st time tonight and this hand gave me some trouble.

I don't have any reads as I just sat down but player seemed solid, was not a fish.

Please comment on PF raise (good idea to do it? and was the amount ok?)

And on the cont. bet and then fold to the raise?

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $113.31
CO: $78.27
Button: $115.25
SB: $29.48
hero: $97

Pre-flop: (5 players) hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $4</font>, SB folds, <font color="#cc0000">hero raises to $10</font>, Button calls.

Flop: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($20.5, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">hero bets $14.5</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Button raises to $36.26</font>, hero folds.

[tufat23]

i assume a LHE convert?

I will do this with 99+ and AJs+/AQo+ but I'd usually like a read.

as played you should mkae it $14 to go preflop. $10 is just a minraise and if I raised preflop I will ALWAYS call minraises like this as its just way too cheap to hit my hand. As played its fine to fold, maybe lead out $17 on flop tho rather than $14.5

folding preflop I dont like, and calling is tough given no reads, especially if he's good because you're probably gonna have to float a lot of the time.

[carnivalhobo]

more preflop and it looks good