Flush draw vs. open pair in stud high

[dismalstudent99]

I recently had a bad run on at 2/4 Stud hi where, three times in a row, my flush lost to a full house. In both cases my opponents had open pairs, twice with a paired door card. Two of the three times it was three handed at showdown. One time I was against two opponents who both had open pairs. In all cases, the open pairs would always bet on that street and remain aggressive on subsequent streets.

After getting full housed three times, I began to wonder whether I should fold a flush draw when at least one of my opponents has an open pair, especially a paired DC. On the other hand, I could be missing out on a lot of value here, especially in a multiway hand against loose players.

So my question is, under what conditions (if any) should a live 4-flush be folded when an opponent(s) has an open pair early? Consider two cases: where the 4-flush was wired, and the case where the 4-flush was made on 5th street.

What do you think?

-ds