[runout_mick]

When you get reraised on the flop you've really got to re-evaluate the strength of your hand. His patterns suggest he has a hand, freeroll or no. Your flop raise asks him: "Do you really have a hand?", and his re-raise replys: "Yeah I got a hand punk, whaddya gonna do about it...". At this point you've got to be looking to get to as cheap a showdown as possible, or fold if it gets too hairy (unless you drastically improve).

There's no shame in folding top pair, especially when it meets resistance like this. If he DOES manage to bluff you off the best hand, so be it. Next time he tries it hopefully you have a real hand and get your stolen chips back plus some extras.

Just because you're invested here, don't think you have to go down with top pair 3rd kicker. There's a lot of hands ahead of you, so pick a spot where you're more in the driver's seat.

Hope this 4 am rambling helps a little... and welcome to the forum.