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It is bad luck to run into it, and more bad luck at how he played it preflop, so it was hard to put him on AK. His limp and then call to your raise preflop would lead me to believe you had him.
But, at the flop, your reraise is bad, as you're likely beat, and you aren't getting much information out of him, nor giving him a chance to fold, as it was just 200 more for him to call. And you shouldn't be assuming a player raising your bet on the flop is trying to steal unless you've seen him doing this many times before. Leading at the pot is more likely to be a steal attempt than a raise, especially when its a minimum raise. A pure steal attempt would've had to raise you big at the flop to give you the opportunity to fold, unless he was sure you were stealing.
If you just called his raise at the flop and checked to him at the turn, you maybe could've gotten away when you were dominated, as it would've been obvious he had a K if he bet big. The reraise at the flop made you lead out on the turn (because of your bad position, which is another reason you shouldn't have reraised), and at the turn he's probably worrying you have two pair and just calls, or he really likes to slowplay beatable hands, which his preflop play kind of indicates already. Since you didn't get much information out of him, it was a tough decision on the river. The flop reraise is the main mistake, like you've said.
One other thing, though. Lets say he was trying to steal on the flop like you thought, but at least was doing it on a semibluff, which I'd assume would have to be the case if he's bluffing with a minimum raise. JT is the type of hand that could play it very similar, preflop it makes more sense than AK, the flop raise is an attempt to get a free card if he misses on the turn and disguise his hand if he hits, the turn is chasing with odds (didn't do the math, but he clearly at least has implied odds on his side, as the turn bet is about the size of the preflop and turn betting, and you're basically pot commited, so he could expect to take your stack if he hit), and at the river, he's hoping you had AK or AQ. A less likely scenario would be two clubs, that would also explain the call on the turn. It was a nasty river card, with the flush and straight draws both hitting. I think its possible to lay this hand down at the river if you know the player well enough (and if you had more chips - you basically pot commited yourself before the river). If he wouldn't go all in on a bluff, you'd know he has you, or at the very best its a split, and its less likely than AK since you have a Q. The river clearly helped him, or he was doing some risky slowplaying with a set on the flop, which also would've beat you.
I'm nitpicking though, I think you played it reasonably well. But a slight change of your play on the flop could've let you get away from the hand on the turn,.
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Always on the bubble...I call too much
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