Paul Darden

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title: "Paul Darden" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["american-poker-players", "living-people", "world-poker-tour-winners", "world-series-of-poker-bracelet-winners", "1968-births", "nightclub-owners", "american-people-acquitted-of-murder"] description: "American poker player (born 1968)" topic_path: "geography/united-states" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Darden" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American poker player (born 1968) ::

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Field	Value
name	Paul Darden
image	Paul Darden.jpg
caption	Darden at the 2005 World Series of Poker
nickname	The Truth
birth_date
wsop bracelet count	1
wsop money finishes	16
wsop main event best finish rank	45th
wsop main event best finish year	2003
wpt titles	1
wpt final tables	2
wpt money finishes	6
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| name = Paul Darden | image = Paul Darden.jpg | caption = Darden at the 2005 World Series of Poker | nickname = The Truth | birth_date = | birth_place = | wsop bracelet count = 1 | wsop money finishes = 16 | wsop main event best finish rank = 45th | wsop main event best finish year = 2003 | wpt titles = 1 | wpt final tables = 2 | wpt money finishes = 6

Paul Darden, Jr. (born October 27, 1968) is an American professional poker player, rap music promoter, and night club owner from New Haven, Connecticut.

Early years

He was accused of murder at the age of 15, due to mistaken identity but was acquitted. Poker was Darden's way of turning his life around, and he was helped in this by his mentor, Phil Ivey.

Poker career

Originally, Darden was best known as a seven-card stud player, in which he had several notable tournament finishes in 2000 prior to winning the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 2001 for the $2,500 seven-card stud event, defeating Tom Franklin heads-up.

In 2002, Darden won a World Poker Tour (WPT) title in the $3,000 main event of the Gold Rush tournament. He later finished in second place behind Gus Hansen in the WPT Bad Boys of Poker invitational event. Additionally, in March 2005 Darden finished fifth in the $10,000 main event of the PartyPoker.com Million IV cruise.

In 2003, Darden made his first money finish in the $10,000 WSOP main event, being eliminated in 45th place. He cashed in the same event in 2005.

Darden is also the mentor of professional poker player Amnon Filippi.

As of 2017, Darden's total live tournament winnings exceed $2,200,000.

References

References

1. "Paul Darden".
2. "32nd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2001, Seven Card Stud".
3. "3rd Annual 49'er Gold Rush Bonanza, No Limit Hold'em - Main WPT Event".
4. "World Poker Tour - WPT Bad Boys of Poker, No Limit Hold'em".
5. "PartyPoker.com Million IV, WPT Event - Limit Hold'em".
6. "34th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2003, World Championship Event".
7. "36th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2005, No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event".
8. "Paul Darden's profile on The Hendon Mob".

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