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Sounds like you are having a little trouble adjusting, but as long as you learn from your troubles, you should do fine in the long run. I think it was in response to one of your earlier posts this week that I said 'shorthanded a third card to a flush or straight is not a scare card'. In most cases this is true. Sure, your opponent may have the flush, but as you have learned and will continue to see, they more often have top pair, an over pair, two pair, or less than these hands. The hand you posted here is an excellent example, and is also a hand that with experience you will recognize as one where you can make tons by raising and capping your straight.
The key here is that you have to think of the range of hands that your opponent will act as they do with. Having reads helps a ton. Some players would never raise this turn when the flush card hits without a flush. But these players are the minority at a short table. On this hand, even if you 3-bet and get capped on the turn, it is probably more likely you are ahead than not. An especially profitable factor in this hand is that any ten makes a straight, but having the Q as well, you have all the other tens crushed, and can get many bets from them.
Think about this: When you have TPTK shorthanded, do you always slow down because the opponent may have a set or 2pair when there are no flush or straight possibilities? When you have 2pair, do you always slow down because you fear a set? If you don't then you should realize that 3 to a flush is really the same thing ... it's just another way you could be beat. Unless you hold the nuts, there is always a chance of being beat. At a short table, and especially heads up, don't slow down a good hand without a very good reason.
I think the biggest thing you need to work on is observing your opponents' calling and betting/raising standards. You need to understand what these standards are for the typical player at the games you are playing, and you need to look out for the players who deviate from the typical and learn them as well. Until you get a feel for this, you should not play more than one table. You should be watching every hand and getting an idea of what the other players are doing and play accordingly.
Good Luck,
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