River call w/ A high - Good or Spewing?

[martindcx1e]

i've recently started playing a couple 6-max tables along with my regular full ring tables. still trying to get used to it. this is the gutsiest thing i've done in a while lol. this is villain's 1st hand at the table. is the river call OK or is it spewing?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

BB ($19.29)
Hero ($41.71)
MP ($19.64)
CO ($5.85)
Button ($26.42)
SB ($28.10)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with J, A. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
Hero raises to $0.8, 3 folds, SB (poster) calls $0.70, 1 fold.

Flop: ($1.85) 6, 3, T (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1, SB calls $1.

Turn: ($3.85) Q (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

River: ($3.85) 3 (2 players)
SB bets $4, Hero calls $4.

Final Pot: $11.85

Results in white below:
SB has 8c 5c (one pair, threes).
Hero has Jd Ad (one pair, threes).
Outcome: Hero wins $11.85.

[jackvance]

If this is gutsy for you then you aren't used to 6max yet I took down a pot twice this size with A high yesterday.

[martindcx1e]

If this is gutsy for you then you aren't used to 6max yet I took down a pot twice this size with A high yesterday.

you're right. i'm very new at 6-max.

[jackvance]

Btw if you really just moved from 10max to 6max and are new to the changes this gives, I don't want to give the wrong impression that this is common however. Sometimes they either hit a miracle river or were on a weird sort of slowplay-turn-valuebet-river line. It's very read-based when you call this. But it'll happen a lot more than in full ring I think.

[mcatdog]

I make these calldowns from time to time if someone's betting pattern makes no sense at all, but I don't think you should let it become a habit. A lot of times they're bluffing but they still have a better hand than you do, and a lot of times they have some joke of a hand that hit a lucky river.

One situation where I call people a lot with ace high is if I raise preflop and get called by a very short stack in the blinds, and they open-push the flop. This is a bluff a huge percentage of the time and I usually have six outs even if it isn't a bluff.

[Robert]

Dont call with ace-high w/o a read.

[aislephive]

I don't make calls like this much anymore since long term they just aren't very profitable. The money is not made in picking off bluffs with A high. Sometimes I'll make a river call with K high if I think I'm likely good, but rarely will I do it anymore, just isnt really worth it.

[dsaxton]

Just fold.

[gabe]

nice hand