Gus Guns for Fourth WPT Title

Continuing an awesome tournament year that includes an Aussie Millions win, a 61st at the 2007 WSOP Main Event, and a 10th at the 2007 WSOPE Main Event, Gus Hansen will now gun for his record fourth WPT title.

Hansen previously won two WPT season one tournaments (the Five Diamond Classic and LA Poker Classic), and season two's Caribbean Poker Adventure.

Final table play at the WPT Spanish Championship will begin with Hansen as chip leader, stacked at 950,000. He's trailed by Christer Johansson (840,000), Ludovic Lacay (415,000), Steve Sung (395,000), Markus Lehmann (190,000), and Vladimir Poleshchuk (150,000).

UPDATE: Chip counts have been corrected on WPT. They are: Gus 962,000, Christer Johansson 855,000, Steve Sung 670,000, Ludovic Lacay 400,000, Markus Lehmann 329,000, and Vladimir Poleshehuk 176,000.

Also, a Kimberly Lansing interview with Gus below.