I agree with everything MLG said except that I'm terrified of playing the first hand like you did. I open push turn if you're confident in your read, mainly because I'm worried that he may do the same and force me to fold. Were you really going to call if he pushed the flop?

I really hate the miniraise, as I think he folds/flat calls for set value anything but AK/QQ+. However, you seem to have thought about it more. He thinks that I think that he thinks that I....?