Ben Grundy is a quiet poker phenomenon. In April he posted profits of $550,000, taking his online winnings since January 2006 to over $5.2m. That’s almost as much as the Devilfish, the highest English live tournament earner of all time, has earned from tournaments in his lifetime.

For 2008 alone, the 31-year old managed to rack up over $2.5m. Just a quick glance at his graph from January 2006 to January 2009 (plotting 180,000 hands over 889 days) shows t an amazing level of consistency. So just how did the Milkybarkid become one of the most successful British poker millionaires?Acorns and Oaks

Grundy’s early online steps started back in 2002 and as he acknowledges, they really were just dabblings.