Former chip leader Michael M was trying to use the pressure of the bubble to win himself a few extra chips, but his plan backfired as he ended up finishing on the money bubble here in the Main Event of the Montréal Poker Expo.
He opened from early position, and called a 3bet by Xin Qi from the cutoff. The flop came 
, and with only about 75,000 in the pot, Michael open-shoved for 310,000, an over-average stack at the time. Xin, who had Michael covered, tanked for a moment, but eventually threw in some calling chips.
Michael: 
Xin: 
Xin only had a few outs to fade to take down this massive pot, and with the running cards bringing the 
, he propelled himself into or near the chip lead, now holding roughly 750,000.
