would a small pf reraise on your part elicit a push from him?? if not, then this would seem like a way to build the pot a little, meaning his flop bet would be that much bigger. or does the fact that you have taken the lead in the hand minimize the chance that he will make a postflop bet?

you raise to 10x, he calls. he makes his 2/3 bet, leaving him with ~1/2 of his original 50bb stack. the CR AI is more likely to get called, while you are now a bigger favourite than you were in the pf push situation.