Hand question

So I am in Cincinnati on business and decided to head out to the casino in Indiana to get a little poker action in. So here is the scene. I have been on a list to get a seat for just over an hour and a must move table opens up for the main 1-2 game. I grab a seat and sit back and watch a few hands. I have been watching the main game and really really want to get into that game. I have noticed at least 2 if not 3 VERY easy spots in the game. Example I saw a women fold QTcc on a Jc 9c Kh 9s board to a 60 dollar bet. Said women then got pissed when the winner showed an off suit QT to take down the pot. So basically I wanted in that game BAD! I was 3 on the must move list. The game starts up and I sit and watch about a full orbit without playing a hand and just get a feel for the game. The game seems pretty rough and I can't see an obvious weak spots in the game. The 3 hands happen.

Hand 1

I have Q8hh in the hi-jack. 3 limps in front I call and the button behind me calls SB completes BB checks. We see a flop of 245 rainbow. Checks to me and I fire $10 dollars at the pot and get called by the Asian on the button. Turn comes a 4 putting a backdoor flush draw out. I fire $20 at the pot and get called by the button again. River comes a T and doesn't complete the flush. I check and pretty much give up on the hand, the button bets and I fold. I feel I played the hand pretty bad and should have never put more than 2 dollars in the pot, but I felt like I needed to open my game up.

Hand 2

I have AJdd UTG+2. I raise to $10 and get called in 4 spots behind. SB and BB both fold. We see a flop of 9hQcJs. I fire $20 at the pot to see where I am at and get called by 3 of the spots behind. At this point I know I am in trouble. The turn comes a Th. I check the player directly to my right bets $25 and get 2 calls behind. I feel I have a some outs still and the pot is laying me the right price and call. The river is a 3h. I check and fold to a bet of $45 . The Bettor show AKhh. OOPS just kind of ran into a monster in that hand. I guess I could have folded the turn, but I felt I have at least 3 outs and was already getting laid like 5-1 from the pot with some pretty high implied odds if I hit my card.

Hand 3

After the last 2 hands I am down to about $100 in my stack. I find A8cc UTG. I limp and 7 of us see a flop of 9c9sQc. I check fully expecting to c/r someone off of a Q. I get my wish when the button bets $20 into the pot. I c/r all in for for $70 more everyone folds to the bettor who snap calls me with 9Thh. I miss my outs on the turn and river and he hits the case 9 on the river to make things even worse.

Tell me what everyone thinks of the 3 hands. I feel I played pretty bad this session and it cost me quite a bit. Not only the buy in I lost but I never made it to the main game where I am 100% there was money to be made.