Hello and welcome to my poker blog.

If you have happened by luck upon this blog you are probably wondering "Who is this Mike Kovner? What is so special about his poker career that I'd want to visit this blog over the dozens of other poker blogs whose writers are more succesful, more proficient with the English language, and better looking?"
To answer the first question: I am student at the University of Texas. For the past 10 months or so, poker has been the way I've earned my spending money (and for the summer, the way I pay the bills).
Why should you read my blog? The plan is to not post updates filled with tournaments reports, analysis of hands, or bankroll status. Instead, I plan to write about the issues surrounding poker as a source of income. Everyone has read stories of the top pros touring the country and visiting casinos and of internet pros grinding out twelve tables of 5/10, but I bring a different perspective. While I do play poker online, I also spend a lot of time at some of the underground poker clubs in Austin. I have met numerous interesting characters and I have plenty of entertaining stories.
So, if you are not bored yet, keep coming back and reading my posts, and I'll try to keep you interested.