Grundy: "Bored & Frustrated With Poker"

In an exclusive interview with Black Belt Poker, high stakes Omaha pro Ben Grundy revealed that he was “getting a little bored and frustrated with poker at the moment”. According to the ‘milkybarkid’, he’s finding it increasingly difficult to find action, and can often spend the whole day seated at a table on Betfair or Full Tilt without playing a single hand.

Grundy, who is renowned for his prowess with four-cards, believes players should be able play anonymously in order to find action that their name and reputation would otherwise scare off. “You can only have one alias on these sites,” he commented, “but I wish you could play anonymously or have specific tables where you can sit down and call yourself anything so people don't know who you are.”

Grundy also pointed the finger at online poker databases, suggesting the constant publishing of results can be a form of humiliation for some affluent, but weaker players, thus putting them off returning to the virtual felt. “I'm not a fan of having results published on something like the High Stakes Database,” he continued, “as there are rich, recreational players out there who just want to play and not have everyone know what they're losing. It's embarrassing. That might be the reason why Guy [Laliberte] stopped playing. He doesn't want people to know if he's lost 10 million or some equally huge sum and have people know his business. It should be private.”

A veteran of the game despite his youthful looks, Grundy boasts an impressive record both on and off the felt. In 2005 he finalled the EPT Grand Final for €79,500 and just one year later repeated the feat to add €56,000 to his winnings. Along with a fourth in the 2007 William Hill Grand Prix, Grundy finished third in this year’s $2,500 Pot Limit Hold’em/Omaha event at the World Series where he shared a final table with fellow Brits John Kabbaj and Paul Parker. But it’s online where he truly shines, and Grundy has won millions from the comfort of his own armchair, most of which is published in the form of graphs and hand replayers on his ever-popular blog milkybarkids.blogspot.com.

This week, Grundy spoke to Black Belt Poker about his WSOP performance, Round of Each strategies and the current WSOPE, as well as revealing whether or not he would do the durrrr Challenge. To find out his response, check out the full interview which is currently available at blackbeltpoker.com.