[avisco01]

Not even a question, clear call on the river. Also from Mr Harrington's book (which incidentally has nothing to do with low-limit hold 'em), "beware of the great overthink." In this spot, you're getting enormous odds with top pair, second best kicker. You lose to a bigger ace, a slowplayed set, or any hand containing a 6. What are the odds of these hands taking into account the action? If anything, BB would have figured the A of hearts on the turn HELPED you, why would he slow down in that spot? Beware of putting unknowns on big hands. I once raised with QQ from EP when I first started playing, and someone reraised from LP, I incorrectly and stupidly put him on a big hand, as if he could see my cards and decided to reraise. He wound up having 33 when all was said and done! Well, again, doesn't matter, the pot is ginormous, call expecting to lose (I suppose), but jeez, don't fold this huge pot for one bet. If there is ANY doubt, which there clearly is, you MUST call. Nothing wrong with value betting the river either, don't stop doing that in these types of spots. If you do, you leave a lot of bets on the table. Forget all of the weak tight advice you've gotten, you played the hand fine, if he shows you quad 6's or some other insane hand, just muck your cards and say "nice hand" (if you want to that is), and move on to the next hand with better knowledge about how your opponents are playing, but forget about the results of losing a big pot. On a side note, if for no other reason, suppose you decide that he just MUST have you beat, and you muck, and he shows you something like AT after you fold. Think of the negative effect that will cause to your play, knowing that you let a ridiculously large pot go when you had it won! Again, you played this fine, if you lost to a monster, so be it.