Prior to this event, Phil Collins had four 2014 WSOP cashes to his name including a final table appearance in Event #12. He's now got five cashes this summer and in the hunt for another final table as he has 160,500 chip in front of him right now.

Also nicely poised for a run at the final table are two-time WSOP bracelet winner John "World" Hennigan and Italian sensation Mustapha Kanit who have 160,000 and 153,000 chips respectively.

PokerNews sat down with Kanit before the WSOP in an exclusive interview that you can read here.