Gregory Weber Makes a Great Call to Double Thru David Gerassi in a 5.7M Pot

Gregory Weber (pictured) raises under the gun, Will Givens calls from the button, and David Gerassi reraises from the big blind to 250,000. Weber calls, and Givens folds.

The flop comes , Gerassi bets 200,000, and Weber calls.

The turn card is the , and Gerassi moves all in for more than 2.7 million, covering Weber, who has nearly 2.4 million. If it’s called, this will be the biggest pot of the tournament.

Weber goes into the tank, and uses four of his six Time Chips to tank for more than two minutes before he calls with . Gerassi turns over .

Several players express what a great call Weber made, while Givens points out that Gerassi is drawing dead.

The river card is the , and Gerassi smacks the table and shouts, “Yes!” as he makes a nine-high diamond flush. But Givens breaks the bad news to him. “You’re dead. He’s got a diamond.” Gerassi takes another look at Weber’s cards, sees the diamond that gives Weber a jack-high flush to win the pot, and Gerassi is suddenly much less happy.

The chip stacks are counted down, and Gerassi had 2,765,000 to Weber’s 2,378,000. Weber wins the biggest pot of the tournament to catapult into the chip lead with more than 5.7 million in chips.

Gregory Weber  –  5,746,000
David Gerassi  –  387,000