[Irieguy]

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What puzzles me is, what would make an experienced player check where an inexperienced player would bet after raising preflop?

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That's one of the few really, really good questions I've seen asked on this forum.

I'll give you a hint by highlighting where your thinking is misguided.

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1) I flopped something worthy of slowplaying.
2) I’m either way ahead or way behind.
3) I got caught on a pf steal and my tourney would be at risk with a c-bet.
4) Villain is LAG and likely to raise, and I want the turn and river as cheap as possible.
5) My pf raise didn’t weed out enough opponents and I missed the flop.

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The fact that most people think this way is why deep-stack poker can so lucrative, and why people like Greg Raymer and Dan Harrington can make it deep into a 983918398691284826718231261902828901 player tournament more often than they should

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6) Checking the flop will make villain easy to read (i.e. he only bets when he has a hand but will call my c-bet).

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Now you're getting somewhere.

Irieguy