Re: your view on low 3 card flushes in stud
In stud it is really important to have more than one way to win the pot. Sometimes that's by making a different hand than you started drawing at (making a big pair or two from a starting three-straight or making a flush from your suited kicker), and sometimes it's by having a door/board that is intimidating enough to fold out an opponent.
Small, disconnected three-flushes can only be expected to win one way, by making a flush. In that case, you should suffer very little action on Third, and probably fold if there are a couple of your suit out, unless you are closing the action or can steal the antes. You should definitely not look play hands like this for a raise heads-up.
In any case, the ideal environment for hands like this is multi-way limped pots with all your cards live.
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