2 critical hands deep in MTT, should I have played them differently?

[Rdsknman]

First, here is my tourney result. Before hand #1 I was 5th in chips w/30 left.

Full Tilt Poker Tournament #92688781 $7,500 Guarantee (1r+1a) NL Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00 + $1.00
502 players
Total Prize Pool: $10040.00
Start Date: May 26 11:30 AM ET

Dear rdsknman,

You finished the tournament in 25th place.
There has been $45.18 added to your account.

Now the hands.

Hand #1.

Full Tilt Poker Game #12447112996: $7,500 Guarantee (1r+1a) (92688781), Table 41 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:39:52 ET - 2009/05/26
Seat 1: BMFpoker (10,384)
Seat 2: thanks1111 (82,922)
Seat 3: jakejerjordan77 (40,650)
Seat 4: newjerz05 (197,237)
Seat 5: Civelus (44,000)
Seat 6: comingundonenow (59,912)
Seat 9: rdsknman (75,264)
BMFpoker antes 300
thanks1111 antes 300
jakejerjordan77 antes 300
newjerz05 antes 300
Civelus antes 300
comingundonenow antes 300
rdsknman antes 300
rdsknman posts the small blind of 1,200
BMFpoker posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rdsknman [Qh Qc]
thanks1111 folds
jakejerjordan77 folds
newjerz05 raises to 6,500
Civelus has 15 seconds left to act
Civelus raises to 43,700, and is all in
comingundonenow folds
rdsknman raises to 74,964, and is all in
BMFpoker folds
newjerz05 folds
rdsknman shows [Qh Qc]
Civelus shows [5c 5h]
Uncalled bet of 31,264 returned to rdsknman
*** FLOP *** [As Tc 5s]
*** TURN *** [As Tc 5s] [5d]
newjerz05: wow
*** RIVER *** [As Tc 5s 5d] [8d]
rdsknman shows two pair, Queens and Fives
Civelus shows four of a kind, Fives
Civelus wins the pot (98,400) with four of a kind, Fives
rdsknman: un #!%&ing real
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 98,400 | Rake 0
Board: [As Tc 5s 5d 8d]
Seat 1: BMFpoker (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: thanks1111 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: jakejerjordan77 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: newjerz05 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Civelus showed [5c 5h] and won (98,400) with four of a kind, Fives
Seat 6: comingundonenow (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: rdsknman (small blind) showed [Qh Qc] and lost with two pair, Queens and Fives

Hand #2. (which took me out)

Full Tilt Poker Game #12447267585: $7,500 Guarantee (1r+1a) (92688781), Table 41 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:47:50 ET - 2009/05/26
Seat 1: BMFpoker (14,352)
Seat 2: thanks1111 (77,522)
Seat 3: jakejerjordan77 (31,050)
Seat 4: newjerz05 (203,837)
Seat 5: Civelus (93,716)
Seat 6: comingundonenow (52,412)
Seat 7: DerRotza (54,180)
Seat 8: AALastWarrior (67,284)
Seat 9: rdsknman (24,064)
BMFpoker antes 300
thanks1111 antes 300
jakejerjordan77 antes 300
newjerz05 antes 300
Civelus antes 300
comingundonenow antes 300
DerRotza antes 300
AALastWarrior antes 300
rdsknman antes 300
newjerz05 posts the small blind of 1,200
Civelus posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rdsknman [9c 9d]
comingundonenow folds
DerRotza raises to 4,800
AALastWarrior folds
rdsknman raises to 23,764, and is all in
BMFpoker folds
thanks1111 folds
jakejerjordan77 folds
newjerz05 raises to 203,537, and is all in
Civelus has 15 seconds left to act
Civelus folds
DerRotza folds
newjerz05 shows [Ks Ac]
rdsknman shows [9c 9d]
Uncalled bet of 179,773 returned to newjerz05
*** FLOP *** [Ah Qc Kh]
*** TURN *** [Ah Qc Kh] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Ah Qc Kh Kc] [Qs]
newjerz05 shows a full house, Kings full of Aces
rdsknman shows two pair, Kings and Queens
newjerz05 wins the pot (57,428) with a full house, Kings full of Aces
rdsknman: lol
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 57,428 | Rake 0
Board: [Ah Qc Kh Kc Qs]
Seat 1: BMFpoker folded before the Flop
Seat 2: thanks1111 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: jakejerjordan77 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: newjerz05 (small blind) showed [Ks Ac] and won (57,428) with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 5: Civelus (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: comingundonenow folded before the Flop
Seat 7: DerRotza folded before the Flop
Seat 8: AALastWarrior folded before the Flop
Seat 9: rdsknman showed [9c 9d] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens


Any way to avoid the outcome in either case?

[Chipless Wonder]

Any way to avoid the outcome in either case?

Not in my humble opinion. Both hands completely played themselves.

[D-Nut]

Only way I would have survived those hands is if I were taking a dump or ran to the kitchen to grab a snack.

[Rdsknman]

Only way I would have survived those hands is if I were taking a dump or ran to the kitchen to grab a snack.

Or dancing the night away..

[cusecrusher]

Or dancing the night away..

Dammmmmmmmmmmmmmn

[cdavi]

This rhetorical? You played them perfectly, ul at the wrong time. Normally you win hand 1 and cruise to final table. How could you ever think of folding Hand 1 which is the only other option. Hand 2, how could you ever think of folding with your stack. I guess if UTG is UBER TIGHT and only raised with AA or KK then yes, fold, but I'm never folding there. You lost a flip as someone behind unfortunately had ak...