Re: $0.01/0.02 - Top set line check
Given that most villains at this level aren't paying much attention to you at all, you probably can get away with trying to slowplay this to induce action, and especially if you know the villain is aggro postflop. There's not much to worry about in terms of protecting your hand.
However, from an overall game theoretic perspective (and even here given you have been c-betting constantly) I think you really should lead this flop for your standard c-bet amount, which should be more like .18. The reason is simply that I don't think you ever really check here with air, so if you always c-bet this but check it with top set you're going to be too predictable to opponents who are paying attention.
Sure it's no fun when you flop top set and get no action but that's going to be the case the majority of the time on this kind of board, and even slowplaying you just aren't going to get a lot of money in the pot unless the villain is massively spewy or flopped top pair or better, and with top pair or better he'll put money in on the flop just as well as on the turn.
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