[Slim Pickens]

I would have to evaluate a lot of game factors to make the call in your scenario. It's not always a call and it's not always a fold. You're right. I might have been extreme in the numbers I used, but I think there is an important point your suggestions misses. There are some situations where it is appropriate to call an all-in because it represents a small fraction of your stack, you expect the pusher has a nearly random hand, and you are getting good pot odds. There are also situations in which it is appropriate to call all-in on the BB because you are so short stacked that folding almost never allows you to move up a place. I concede 2:1 is probably not good enough, but I hope it makes sense that I'm suggesting a higher-end cutoff for the stack percentage where you can fold to an all-in on the BB. A better suggestion might be call getting 2:1 for less than 25% of your stack, or greater than 3:1 for more than 75% of your stack.