made a fool of?

[mike l.]

this was a nice little hand that came up 4 handed 100-200 live game the other night.

i have A6o in the sb. all folded to me and i raised. the bb called. bb is someone i consider to be a good player but he is a bit loose (but relatively tight compared to the others) and not very aggressive. he seems to do very well in no limit as well as the 1-2 game. he's constantly there i think he's one of those freaks that lives there and has no other life.

anyway, he calls and the flop is J74 rainbow, i bet and he calls.

the turn is a 7. im really liking my chances at this point of having the best hand and i decide i want to make him pay me. so i check, he bets, i checkraise, he calls.

the river is another 4. i decide that the winning play here will be to check-call and hope he bets a loser. or in case he has a 4 i save money. so i check, he thinks and thinks and bets, i call. he shows 55. i lose.

i felt like a fool. it happened a couple other times that night (different players, different scenarios). what do you think?