First off welcome back palman.

2nd I agree with Xaston here, pushing the flop is pretty much the same as letting him see one more card and pushing in. If he flops a pair all the money is going in either way.

I think you have to multi MTT's - it is so frustrating but there is so much dead money in MTT's that a good player has to have an edge over the long haul

maybe play 4-6 smaller ones at once rather than one huge one..

I agree with Palman here. Although I probably would have reraised, I think he makes a compelling arguement for the call. And look what happened. All the money went in as a huge favorite for Xaston to win this hand and be in great shape.

I think the lay is to push the flop here though. The raise was too small to do anything other than build the pot. In this case, that was a good thing, but if he's on a flush draw, then he hits it on the turn and doubles through.

Tough break.