[The Student]

ooh - tricky. i misread your original post and thought he had bet 110 into a pot of 200 (shows how careful I am to keep track of the pre-flop betting too). sorry about that. this indeed makes the situation more tricky.

now that i understand the situation, i agree - if you raise him at all, you have to push because anything less and you're committed anyway, but pushing gives you the extra folding equity too. do you have any kind of a read on him? what's his stack size? i know it's early in the MTT, but maybe he put you on overcards that didn't hit, so he's trying a steal. if he's a big stack already, he might try this and overbet the pot, knowing that he can still fold if you come over the top of him. i think it's unlikely that's you're behind here, because an overpair would try to rope you in by checking or making a small bet - but his overbet is trying to scare you.

any reads on him?

ts-