What the hell is this?

[Graham C]

PokerStars Game #23471815389: Tournament #131015164, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (500/1000) - 2009/01/01 23:35:58 GMT [2009/01/01 18:35:58 ET]
Table '131015164 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: catanfan (23114 in chips)
Seat 2: jessjokin (16840 in chips)
Seat 4: xKandymaNx (19217 in chips)
Seat 6: helicopter90 (8166 in chips)
Seat 7: braxton14 (48372 in chips)
Seat 9: Graham0573 (28345 in chips)
catanfan: posts the ante 100
jessjokin: posts the ante 100
xKandymaNx: posts the ante 100
helicopter90: posts the ante 100
braxton14: posts the ante 100
Graham0573: posts the ante 100
jessjokin: posts small blind 500
xKandymaNx: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Graham0573 [ ]
helicopter90: folds
braxton14: folds
Graham0573: raises 1500 to 2500
catanfan: folds
jessjokin: calls 2000
xKandymaNx: folds
*** FLOP *** [ ]
jessjokin: checks
Graham0573: bets 4000
jessjokin: raises 4000 to 8000
Graham0573:

Villain dwells on the preflop call, checks, then insta c/r on the flop?  I seem to face this a lot, is it a genuine hand or an attempt at stealing the pot from me knowing I'll cbet?

This seems to happen a fair bit to me recently.

[hatthehole]

puke. the old min check raise.  i always spazz out in spots like this so my reply is kinda useless but im usually not folding due to being tilted.

[Longy]

Yeah nothing that get on my nerves more in poker than this especially when it happens a lot.

I would probably fold readless, though I quite like checking behind this flop with jj going for a bit of pot control and inducing villian to get out of line with worse on later streets.

[byronkincaid]

can you explain why you cbet?

what exactly are you hoping to achieve?

[Royal Flush]

You should never bet this spot then be stuck what to do after his next action.

There are 3 reasons to bet this flop

To get him to fold
To get him to call
To get him to raise

The reason you used was

I have jacks and i raised pre......



As it is you should be betting this flop to get it in, his range is only beating JJ if he is a super nit. I would give him almost any pocket pair, fd's, Qx hands 6x and random air.

You also said he insta c/r min, it could be a missclick.