Re: Defending against resteals when probably -EV
With a hand like KQs it's no contest, getting 2 to 1. Hell, against all but three pairs you're a coin flip, and almost all aces you have two livescards against his one ace. Be glad people who don't understand that are at your table.
Where it gets murky is with a crap hand. T9 or Q6 or something where the amount of the allin is such that you don't have odds. Here I think a call can be worth it for the metagame "don't eff with my raises" reason, but only if:
1.The odds are pretty close to good enough.
2. You have enough room to lose the hand, because you probably will.
These two things go together. If it's 200-400 and you (15000) make it 1200 with Q6 and a guy with 12000 pushes, fold. If a guy with 4000 pushes, maybe call.
In general, the message to leave your raises alone is only worth it if your stack stays big enough when you lose to take advantage, and if the value you give up with the call is small.
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