I don't know, this sounds like just one of those things. Although, you can't let the donkiness of the entire table take you off your individual reads. You had him pegged as tight. He reluctantly called you preflop (small to medium pocket pairs, Ax, KQ or KJ, maybe suited connectors although unlikely).

You raised preflop and then raised on an ace board, you basically turned your cards up for him and he still reraised you. If there was a spot to let it go, this was it.

With all that hindsight in mind, I doubt I play it differently then you did in the heat of the moment.