A very common river situation

[AdamL]

Been firing all the way and called down, and now I check and my opponent bets into my ace high. Because it has just been me and him, the pot is small.

I folded here. What should I be taking into consideration when making this decision besides player reads?

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif. CO posts a blind of $4.
<font color="666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">2 folds</font>, CO (poster) calls, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (5.66 SB) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls.

Turn: (3.83 BB) K/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets</font>, CO calls.

River: (5.83 BB) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">CO bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 6.83 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 5.83 BB, won by CO.</font>
<font color="green">Pot 2: 1 BB, returned to CO.</font>

[lil']

Pretty ragged board there. I'd call this one down if it took place in a vacuum.

[jrobb83]

[ QUOTE ]

I folded here. What should I be taking into consideration when making this decision besides player reads?

[/ QUOTE ]

Pot size is the other highly important factor, plus whether the board offered draws.

Against an unknown, I'll call that bet if there were some draws available on the flop, fold if otherwise. I play this one the same.