[2] Konik currently resides in Hollywood, California with his wife Charmaine Clamor, and his dog Billie.
Michael Konik is the author of the following books: Konik was also the gambling columnist for Cigar Aficionado for five years, the golf columnist for Delta SKY for 10 years, and has been published in more than 100 other magazines, including Travel and Leisure, Maxim, and Sports Illustrated.
[citation needed] Michael Konik was a contestant on NBC's 2007 Poker After Dark, a $20,000 buy-in competition in which he finished 5th.
[citation needed] Konik was a singer and bass player for the 1980s punk rock band The Clitboys.
[citation needed] Konik's most popular recurring character was a bread salesman who repeated the word "papadum" over and over throughout an entire scene.