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

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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: ???