Hi! I'm confused about this kind of spot. No relevant information about opponent.
PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players
Hand converted by Holdem Manager 3
Hero (SB): $25.00 (100 bb)
BB: $28.98 (115.9 bb)
UTG: $29.48 (117.9 bb)
CO: $25.00 (100 bb)
BTN: $29.27 (117.1 bb)
Hero posts SB $0.10, BB posts $0.25
Pre Flop: (pot: $0.35) Hero has 7
7
2 folds,
BTN raises to $0.62,
Hero raises to $2.75, fold, BTN calls $2.13
Flop: ($5.75, 2 players) A
9
5
Hero bets $1.81
Here is a solution from GTO+ (1). I see that 77 with a club may bet, but I don't know why. Not value betting (2). If it's bluffing, I see that it doesn't 2-barrel very much (3), compared to hands like QhJh (4). And it doesn't seem like it has that much to do with equity denial (7h7c (5) vs QhJh (6)).
So my question is : what factor(s) make lower pocket pairs viable c-bets? I'm asking because that's a frequent spot, on all kinds of flops, where solver is betting at some frequency. And even though here it doesn't weigh much in the range (7), sometimes it weighs closer to 20%-25%, and so I'd like to make up my mind about it.
Thank you!
Annexes
1. Solution
2. 7h7c vs opponent calling range
3. 7h7c turn barrel
4. QhJh turn barrel
5. 7h7c vs opponent folding range
6. QhJh vs opponent folding range
7. Hero range composition flop