My first NL hand post!

[JKetzer]

I've played very little NL and I haven't read much either, so I'm just trying to make stuff up as I go. I decided to screw around at a $25 Party NL table for fun.

Villian is 48/25/<=1.00 over about 25 hands. So far he's shown down a few K-rag hands and a pair of sevens, all of which he raised too much preflop. He's taken weird shots at some pots.

So far I hadn't played many hands at the table at all, and I had folded most of them right there. I decided to get a bit frisky and only call the raise in hopes of not scaring him off. In hindsight, I'm not sure exactly how much of a +EV move this is.

In limit, I would almost never consider only calling. Here, though, I hoped to induce a steal attempt. How valid is this?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) converter

UTG ($33.25)
UTG+1 ($41.1)
MP1 ($8.3)
MP2 ($25)
MP3 ($24)
CO ($10.1)
Hero ($25.4)
SB ($19.25)
BB ($40.65)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $3</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Hero calls $3, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>.

Flop: ($6.35) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $3</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $6</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $15</font>, UTG+1 calls $9.

Turn: ($36.35) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, UTG+1 calls $7.40.

River: ($43.75) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $43.75

(I pushed my last $7.40 on the turn when he checked to me.)