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Originally Posted by ScotchOnDaRocks
You are a favorite to gain the same hand or better after three draws and you will realize your equity either way and your opponent will not really be any more likely to fold had you pat instead of drawing one. Please explain how drawing can be really bad.
Another way to say this is that you are a bigger favorite to make the same hand or worse, and if you brick out you are not going to realize the equity you abandoned by drawing. A player makes money in only two ways, when a worse hand calls or when an opponent surrenders equity. In this case, we'd be the one surrendering equity HU.
From a pure equity standpoint, pat or drawing vs 2 opponents is very close. You will be surrendering a couple percent equity to draw, but when you improve over your starting hand you will also sometimes win extra because you will get paid-off lighter and can get a raise or c/r in while winning. Depending on other game factors you may prefer one decision over another.
But HU it's unlikely you'll hit the parlay of making a better hand and getting extra action enough to pay for the 10-15 percent equity edge you break off when you draw.