The title of this entry is potentially misleading. No, I did not sight a poker star like Phil Helmuth or Scotty Nguyen, instead I sighted a star while playing poker the other night — Richard Kind, best known from his role as Paul on Spin City. He’s a pretty solid player, too, he took me down for about $30 in one hand and racked up about $200 in his first half hour at the table.

He didn’t manage to hang on to it, but then neither did I. I think we both went home losers that night. Only difference is that he cashed a big sitcom star paycheck the next day to cover it, while I cashed a per diem check with quite a few less zeroes to cover my losses.