Re: the cult of the 10BB rule
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I don't totally agree with the 10BB rule. A lot of times at low buyins, opponents don't care how much you raise, but will fold their hands once they miss the flop. So you can pf raise 4.5 bb's...hit or miss a flop and go allin for your last 4.5/5 bb's. This has more fold equity. Many people don't have a problem calling 33 allin preflop, but seeing a flop of AJ7, they'll have a harder time calling off a bunch more chips with 33, thereby getting some fold equity with your KQ, even though you committed yourself to going allin regardless of what the flop brought, your OPPONENT might not realize this...
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the other thing with this strategy, anyone SMART enough to seriously know about fold equity, knows you've already committed too much of your stack to fold.
The other thing with this is, when you DO go allin preflop, it looks like a bluff that DOESN'T want a call to most players. Not going allin appears to be a raise for value. People just get confused. They have a hard time pushing over the top allin with 33, and they have a hard time calling, b/c they don't want to see a flop and make a decision. Their DREAM is to get KJ or 33 to go allin preflop, where they don't have to make a flop decision.
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