tl;dr most of it, but just thought i'd throw my hat in the ring for hand 2:
obv fold flop, but regarding betsizing, i'd bet the river smaller because it will make his whole range react in a favorable way. most importantly slow-ish played 8's will be far more likely to raise a 1/2 PSB than they will this bet sizing, in which case we have a very very good chance of getting his stack. then obv, unknowns are more likely to bluff catch/call with mediocre hands to a smaller bet which is pretty much the rest of his range (other than occasional Q that's in his bluffing range).
EDIT: just read hand 3, so i'll comment on that. thinking in hand 3 seems very level 1/bad. things i would be considering are the strength of his range vs the strength of my perceived range (obv villain is a fish, so he's not thinking too deeply about our range, but there's still a difference between an 852r board and a AKT monotone board), how much do i need to bet to get it in on 3 streets without leaving an overshove on the river, how will a bigger/smaller size effect how he plays his range (will he raise with a higher frequency, float with a higher frequency, think i'm FoS and call down 3 streets with second pair with a higher frequency, etc).
for that reason, betting an amount that isn't big enough to get it in in 3 streets without a very big river bet, yet big enough to make our hand look strong on a board where villain has a very very weak range doesn't seem preferable. i think if i had a bad image, i'd prolly go smaller and let him do something stupid like call down 3 streets light or spazz out, and if my image were cleaner, i'd just bet like 4 bucks on the flop and try to cooler him.
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