playing flop and beyond with nothing, common situations

[jaguar]

Hi

I run into theese betting patterns multiple time a session playing the 1/2 6max game. I make theese two hands up but ill think you get the point. All players has 100 bb stacks its 6 max 1/2.

Hand 1

I raise 4BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] from cutoff and get a call from BB.
Flop comes T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] pot is 17
opponent checks to me i bet 14 as a statndard continuation bet, opponent calls.
Turn comes 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] pot is 45 opp checks, i check
river comes 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] pot is 45 opp bets 15, i fold

Opponent here probably had any pair from the flop, a pocketpair below 9 or a busted flushdraw.

Hand 2

I raise 4BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] from cutoff and get a call from BB.
Flop comes T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] pot is 17
Opponent checks and i check behind.
Turn comes 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] pot is 17 opp bets 7, i fold

Opponent can have whatever, probably bluffing but can also be valuebetting a pair of nines or tens.

I feel so stupid folding to all this small bets and giving my opponents way to good odds on their bluffs for just 1/3 of the pot. How should i change my game to not get trapped in theese situations. The obvious answer to hand 1 is to take less bluff stabs at the pot on the flop and valuebet more real hands since opp will call with bottom pair. The answer to hand two is to check through more real hands on the flop. Trouble is theese two contradict each other.