To pot or not to pot (size of bet question)

[XxPenguinxX]

Two hands where I feel I may not have maximised my profits from a good situation (though I won't tell you why yet!) - what would you have done?

<font color="red">Hand 1 </font>
Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Karsa ($12.90 in chips)
Seat 2: ecallaw11 ($10 in chips)
Seat 3: kcchia80 ($31.10 in chips)
Seat 4: KID VEGAS 29 ($21.60 in chips)
Seat 5: rayken ($11.30 in chips)
Seat 6: funkyc ($11.50 in chips)
Seat 7: sloper ($22.90 in chips)
Seat 8: CardRichlieu ($9.65 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero ($19.20 in chips)
KID VEGAS 29: posts small blind $0.10
rayken: posts big blind $0.25
ecallaw11: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [6s 3s Ah As]
3 folds
Hero: raises $0.85 to $1.10
Karsa: folds
ecallaw11: calls $0.85
kcchia80: folds
KID VEGAS 29: raises $0.85 to $1.95
rayken: calls $1.70
Hero: calls $0.85
ecallaw11: calls $0.85
*** FLOP *** [5s 9s 2s]
KID VEGAS 29: checks
rayken: checks
Hero: bets ?????????????

<font color="red">Hand 2 </font>
Table 'Scheila' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: SeizureChips ($8.40 in chips)
Seat 2: sabrecat ($9.30 in chips)
Seat 3: Karsa ($6.90 in chips)
Seat 4: sloper ($24.35 in chips)
Seat 5: yelac ($13.90 in chips)
Seat 6: paigow1965 ($8.95 in chips)
Seat 7: CardRichlieu ($9.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Hero($25.60 in chips)
Seat 9: kcchia80 ($56.25 in chips)
SeizureChips: posts small blind $0.10
sabrecat: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [9h 3c 9d 2c]
4 folds
CardRichlieu: calls $0.25
relksy: calls $0.25
kcchia80: folds
SeizureChips: calls $0.15
sabrecat: checks
*** FLOP *** [6d 7c Ac]
SeizureChips: checks
sabrecat: bets $0.25
CardRichlieu: calls $0.25
Hero: ???

[jthegreat]

Hand 1 - Bet half the pot and hope you get action

Hand 2 - Call and hope you don't get quartered

On Hand #1 - Re-pot it pre-flop, you've got a premium hand and already got action, it seems to me you could get your stack in against two opponents while you hold a large edge in EV.

On Hand #2 - Call and see what the turn brings, you don't have the flush draw and no backup in case your low gets countered.

[Ironman]

Hand 1. I also like the idea of re potting it pre flop.

Hand 2. He actually does have the club flush draw, so I wouldn't mind a pot bet here. Might make the guy with A 2 fold his pair of aces.

Dave

[XxPenguinxX]

Hand 1 - what about the actual situation on the flop? Do you pot it, and hope someone comes along for the ride with a bare low / boat draw? Bet helf-pot as suggested above? Lower bet to build the pot? Check hoping for a C/R chance or someone to catch something half-decent on the turn?

Hand 2 - with (unprotected) nut low and baby flush draw, how much action do you want?

[Ironman]

Hand 1. Ok, I'm going to suggest something with a bit of risk here. But only because hands like this are so few and far between and when you do get them, you want to figure out how to double your stack.

And...I think the only way you are going to get any action here, is to check the flop.

I know, I know...there is a risk of having the board pair and a risk of having two perfect cards come on the turn and river that counterfit your low and ruin your high, but that is very very unlikely.

Check the flop.

Call the steal attempt. If both players bet/call the turn, then raise the turn getting in your whole stack as soon as possible.

Dave