Re: 10x Rule (again) - leak in my game
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The 10xBB rule, or 9XBB, depending on opinion, I always assumed was based on the mathematics of pot odds, unless you're raising with total garbage for a steal (ie, 83o). Because at this stack size, there isn't a hand worth folding to a reraise. I don't see how the 10BB rule doesn't apply the same in all cases, save for extreme bubble examples where others have smaller stacks than yourself.
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I'll give you a simple example .... and there are many.
You have 1400 left, blinds 75 150. 5 left.
You have KQs.
You bet 450 and someone puts you all-in. You know him. he is tight, he respects your raises, he only plays good hands, he isn't shorter stacked than you.
In this case - for example - Bayes theorem - easily outweighs pot odds (or at least misapplied excuse to call - pot odds).
In other words, when you are up against an opponent that will respect your raises - 3x or 10x - and who will have a big hand if he rereaise (ie a good player) then there is no need to 10x raise and it is asking for trouble.
IMHO
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