Connecticut's Paul Darden is having a very nice week of poker. The tournament pro has managed to score two wins at the Mirage Poker Showdown in the past few days.

Last Thursday, Darden beat out 91 players to take home the $1500 Omaha Hi Lo 8 event and a cool $52,962. Then, on Tuesday of this week, he followed that up with a win in the $2500 Limit Hold'em event - which paid him $32,980 more.

This comes on the heels of a win at the Plaza Classic in April (Limit Hold'em), and a $300,000 5th place score at the PartyPoker Million in March. At this rate, Darden is on pace to have an outstanding 2005. The rest of the field in the WPT Event at the Mirage better be aware that this man is running hot. It's freeroll city at this point...