Have to say i can't think of any logical reason to check in that spot on the flop.
Pre flop- looks like you're stealing the blinds so could call with a slightly larger than normal range of hands. If you bet on flop most likely oppo. will fold and give you credit for a hand.
Just thinking through this hand some more realise i could write an essay on all my different thoughts and possibilities
The more i think, the more the answers come round to you playing the hand well as it only cost 900 whereas in many other scenarios you go bust or spend 1400+ finding out where you are and in many scenarios still go bust. It looks such a standard hand on the surface but scary how much depth i can now look into a single hand.
Edit: Think this is due to my own 'eureka' moment a couple of weeks ago where i can now pretty accurately predict what a player has and what they'd and in turn what i'll do to counter it in most situations. Have final tabled 2 PL tourns since and crushing HU matches so as long as i keep improving it it's onwards and upwards, will be playing cash again seriously from wednesday so look forward to it. Love those moments when things just click.
Will be interested to see yours and others thoughts but my thought at this time has gone from 'can't see a single thing right about this' to 'you might have played this as well as possible, losing the minimum'. Confused.