big draw vs. heavy action, 10 NL

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I think it's OK to just call the flop (.20 raise, not the other one), but I would rather play this kind of hand aggressively because in general it gains equity from getting it in on the flop (because we have difficulty extracting value OOP when we hit, and have lost a lot of equity and have to fold the turn when we miss) and because it balances my range against the times I play a set here in the same way.

Against a normal flop range our raise to 1.20 must have enough fold equity to be the best play, the fact that occasionally we find ourselves in a situation where we get it in with 0EV doesn't really change that. Basically, when we take into account our strategic options not just for this hand, but for the whole range of hands we could have on the flop, I think playing a strong draw like this aggressively adds more EV to our whole range than just calling does.