Greene, Greene Goes Home
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I joined the action with Christopher Greene (cut-off) all in preflop and with Thiago Nishijima (mid-late position) and Larry Wilder (button) battling it out for the side pot.
The flop came 
, and after Nishijima checked, Wilder announced all-in for a rather heft amount.
Nishijima mulled over his decision for a few moments before making the call and showing 
. Wilder tabled 
, whilst Greene faced a similar struggle with 
.
The 
turn teased a backdoor flush, but to no avail as the river came a close-but-no-cigar 
.
"Yes!" yelped Nishijima in delight as a disappointed Greene -"Why couldn't it have been a five?" - departed, and Wilder began to slide over the chips.
A few eyes widened over the time it took for the call to be made, but when he was politely question about it, Nishijima responded: "It was for a lot of chips."
My take: no intent. We are, after all, down to the gritty, and no one wants to make a mistake, especially for a 1,300,000 pot.
Wilder, meanwhile, is right back down to 160,000.