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10xBB is kind of a no-man's land, because you don't have much room to make a smaller raise, and pushing risks too many chips when you have a marginal hand.

I agree with curtains that there are many hands I fold with 10xBB that I would open-raise with if I had more or fewer chips.

At a tight table, though, I open this KQs for a standard raise of 2.5-3BB, and fold to a reraise. Note that your raise does not necessarily cry out "Hey! Feel free to push me off this hand!" because a raise of less than all-in from a short stack can also look suspiciously like a big hand. Since the table is tight, I think it's a good idea to try and pick up the blinds to get out of no-man's land.

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Of course making a standard raise is okay, I just have huge phobia about putting 25%+ of my stack out there only to fold to a reraise.