SS utg with low pair

[11t]

Is backing into the money even an option?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter

Button (t575)
SB (t3730)
BB (t260)
Hero (t760)
MP (t8175)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero...

[MissOt]

you need to push. button will outlast you and you are 2 out of the money

[nate_king1]

I think that is an easy push.

[durron597]

Normally when I see a post like this I say "you should have found a better spot before this". Well, in this case I was the SB in this hand. He knew who I was. A few hands earlier, I raised from the CO and he typed "You're killing me..." into the chat. I'm raising a wide range there, he definitely should have called if he had a hand that he could type "you're killing me" with.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter

UTG (t4775)
Hero (t3580)
Button (t335)
SB <font color="#A500AF">(11t)</font> (t935)
BB (t3875)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t625</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Final Pot: t725

[SammyKid11]

To answer your question, backing into the money is a "possibility" -- but it's not your best option. You get ITM more often here by pushing, hoping for a fold (or very feasibly a double-up) then you do by hoping against hope that both your short-stacked opponents will bust out before you do.