Paul Darden, Jr. (born October 27, 1968)[1] is an American professional poker player, rap music promoter, and night club owner from New Haven, Connecticut.

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.

[2] In 2002, Darden won a World Poker Tour (WPT) title in the $3,000 main event of the Gold Rush tournament.

[3] He later finished in second place behind Gus Hansen in the WPT Bad Boys of Poker invitational event.

[4] Additionally, in March 2005 Darden finished fifth in the $10,000 main event of the PartyPoker.com Million IV cruise.