pocket pairs at final table

[jkamowitz]

This situation has happened to me twice now and both time it has cost me the tournament.

Scenario 1.
Pacific poker 30 dollar tourney. 150 players down to final 4.
Hero is chip leader with 60k in chips others have around 30k.
Hero is BB with 55 against agressive button raiser. blinds 1-2k BB raises to 8k. . action?

Scenario 2.
PokerStars 20 dollar tourney. 550 entered 3 left. Hero is chip leader with 300k other two have around 120k. Hero is BB with 10 10. blinds 10,000-20,000. Button min-raises, Sb, min-raises making it 60,000 action?


Both times i made the mistake of going all in and running into a bigger pocket pair. Q's in scenario 1 and K's in scenario 2. Is there any way to get out of these situations?