DeeKay,
Thanks for the feedback.
My check after the flop was definitely scared. The player was tight aggressive mostly and his range with that action was AA,KK,QQ,JJ,AK,AQ……my table image at that point was very similar to his.
After your summary of the hand, I believe I talked myself into a bad play. Your probably correct and I would have been better off just shoving and get blown out or take down a nice pot. I did recover from this hand but didn’t cash, so in hindsight it looks like I messed that hand up big time….