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No the call was bad and to be honest the pre flop raise into a maniac with A6, at those blind levels, was bad as well.
No, the call was clearly right. Against a random hand A6o has 57.7% equity. With no antes hero has to call 21k for a 55k pot or 55x57.7=31.7k equity share.
This is the equivalent of getting it all in with 75% equity. Waiting for a better spot would mean waiting for TT+. You are not expected to get TT before he busts or the blinds go up.
Even if he's not going all in with any hand the situation doesn't change much. If he plays tighter you are forced to take a smaller edge.
Raising in the first place might have been bad, because it's expected that the maniac will shove over the button raise against his big blind. But once you raise you are commited.
But even the original play can be defended: The maniac is in the big blind so you only have the small blind to worry about and you have ace high which is great against random/weak hands. You can expect a better spot maybe once a round, possibly less often.