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Trai Dang and Ashkan Razavi potted each other back and forth until all the chips were in the middle. The hands were tabled:
Dang: 
Razkavi: 
It was aces vs. aces and the board ran 
so the two chopped the pot.
"That was exciting," someone on the rail joked.
Exciting or not, we're sure both players will take a chop over a loss.
Tyler Patterson ended up all in pre-flop, after a raising war against Blair Rodman, facing the elimination.
Showdown
Patterson: 
Rodman: 
The board came out 
and Patterson is our 8th place finisher.
It was a short day for our second shortest stack.
Nenad Medic called from middle position and John "Tex" Barch raised to 40,000 near the button. Denton Pfister re-raised to 120,000 and Medic folded. Barch made the call.
The dealer wrapped the table then flopped 
. Pfister only had 37,000 behind and moved all in. Barch called and the hands were turned up:
Showdown
Barch: 
Pfister: 
Barch's two pair was in the lead, and the 
on the turn didn't change anything. Pfister received no help from the 
on the river either, and was eliminated in ninth place.
Barch is off to another quick start, and after the knockout has 700,000 chips.
Level: 21
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 0
After a few brief announcements followed by the player introductions the cards are in the air. Here we go for the final table of Event No. 20!
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 0
Trai Dang is our one of four native Canadians at the final table today, but now resides in California. Dang is third in chips with 500,000 to his name and has $375,632 in career earnings. This is his second WSOP final table, he finished second in a $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event in 1994 for $81,500.
Nenad Medic is our chip leader by a good measure with 1,504,000 in chips, storming through the later levels last night. This is Medic's second final table at the WSOP, his first came in 2008 when he won the $10,000 World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold'em for $794,112.
Medic has $4,304,694 in career earnings and is certainly eying his second WSOP gold bracelet.
Tex Barch is one of four Americans and two Texans at the final table today. He is second in chips with 546,000, and if he looks familiar to you it's probably because he finished 3rd in the 2005 Main Event for $2,500,000.
Barch isn't a one hit wonder though, he final tabled a $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event during last year's WSOP finishing 8th for $60,254. Barch played tough throughout the day yesterday, and is surely a force to be dealt with on the felt.
Ashkan Razavi is one of four Canadian players at our final table today and returns with 294,000 chips. This is his first WSOP cash and final table, but Razavki has over $60,000 in lifetime earnings from various tournaments around North America. His biggest cash came in 2008 when he finished 2nd in Event #2 of the British Columbia Poker Championships for $25,794.
