Eric Lindgren - god I still remember the names - yeah I think he gambled his money away.

I always assumed most of the poker celebrities were either half crazy, assholes, or dry as toast, nothing in between.

After being away for so long I did look up some records for WSOP and saw that Phil Helmuth won another 4 or so bracelets while I was away so I watched a long interview with him where he was candid and he seemed like he had a good head on his shoulders. He knows he's full of himself and has to monitor his ego (and he never stops promoting himself) but to hear him talk about bankroll management was pretty impressive.

He recounted a story where he walked into a poker room around 2005 during the boom to play cash games and sat down on tables that weren't really close to the limit of the casino because thats what his BR allowed and he didnt play staked with other peoples money. He said it was tough on his pride but he sticks to his BR principles and sounds like he's pretty loaded for following it.