Check the flop?

[smcannon]

Should I have checked the flop here to see where I stood?

***** Hand History for Game 2125525067 *****
NL Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:12641926 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Sunday, May 29, 20:02:52 EDT 2005
Table Table 12210 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: mthrmucker ( $710 )
Seat 6: TexasMcCoy ( $1120 )
Seat 1: DaddysQtrs ( $770 )
Seat 9: mcd1982 ( $1150 )
Seat 7: JBJBRAD ( $580 )
Seat 2: cannonsm ( $775 )
Seat 4: EDOGG33 ( $757 )
Seat 3: MsStanley ( $975 )
Seat 10: tr1ton4 ( $670 )
Seat 8: NateKelLil ( $493 )
Trny:12641926 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to cannonsm [ Qd Qs ]
DaddysQtrs calls [15].
cannonsm raises [200].
MsStanley folds.
EDOGG33 calls [200].
mthrmucker folds.
TexasMcCoy folds.
JBJBRAD folds.
NateKelLil folds.
mcd1982 folds.
tr1ton4 folds.
DaddysQtrs folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, 3h, 9c ]
cannonsm is all-In [575]
EDOGG33 is all-In [557]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7c ]
cannonsm shows [ Qd, Qs ] a pair of queens.
EDOGG33 shows [ 9h, 9s ] three of a kind, nines.
cannonsm wins 18 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of queens.
EDOGG33 wins 1554 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, nines.

[Jman28]

[ QUOTE ]

Should I have checked the flop here to see where I stood?

[/ QUOTE ]

No. Are you folding to an all-in bet when you check? Because you shouldn't be.

You got unlucky.

[Shilly]

Why the huge raise preflop?

[lastchance]

Don't check the flop, especially not after raising to t200.

BTW, don't raise to t200 preflop. Raise to 75 or so, no need to raise it up that much.

On the flop, considering I'd raise to 75, I'd lead again, call all-in. Or I'd lead flop, lead turn, lose my stack.

[smcannon]

I typically have been raising huge in levels 1-3 to ward off the idiot low level callers. I bet 3-5BB and get like 4 callers.