RedShores hosted the annual Atlantic Canada’s Poker Champion (ACPC) this past weekend in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The annual $550 event sold out all three qualifying sessions, creating a prize pool of $150,000. Late Sunday night, New Brunswick resident, Ha Van Nguyen defeated his final opponent to claim the ACPC title and a top prize of CAD $40,000.
Nguyen bested a field of 300 entrants en route to his first-ever live-recorded tournament win. Leading up to the event, Nguyen’s hendonmob.com page had only USD $12,661 in tournament earnings with his best finish coming off a deep run in the 2016 World Poker Tour (WPT) Canadian Spring Championship at Playground Poker Club, busting 13th for CAD $15,300.
Nguyen defeated a tough opponent in Gary Lucci heads up. A native of Nova Scotia, Lucci is no stranger to the spotlight of a final table. Lucci has amassed more than CAD $300,000 in career tournament earnings. He will add another $22,500 with his runner-up finish at this years ACPC.
The 2016 champ, Nguyen joins past winners of the prestigious Atlantic Canada Poker Championship including Jeffrey Cormier, who recently final tabled the World Poker Tour National Montreal event, Ryan Theriault, and Paul MacEachern.
Final Results:
| Rank | Name | Province | Prize |
| 1 | Ha Van Nguyen | NB | $40,000 |
| 2 | Gary Lucci | NS | $22,500 |
| 3 | Brent Cowan | NS | $13,500 |
| 4 | Stuart Hooft | ON | $10,000 |
| 5 | Joanne Babineau | NB | $7,500 |
| 6 | Kendrick Banks | PEI | $6,200 |
| 7 | Trevor Gallant | PEI | $5,100 |
| 8 | Walter Mullen | PEI | $4,500 |
| 9 | Jacques Daigle | NB | $3,700 |
| 10 | Austin Gallant | PEI | $3,200 |
| 11 | Kevin Doyle | PEI | $3,000 |
| 12 | Arthur Jay | PEI | $3,000 |
| 13 | Danny Li | PEI | $2,500 |
| 14 | James Gallant | NS | $2,500 |
| 15 | Harold Fraser | NS | $2,100 |
| 16 | Robert Acorn | PEI | $2,100 |
| 17 | Boyd Rose | PEI | $1,750 |
| 18 | Doug Orr | NS | $1,750 |
| 19 | Vaugh Reynders | NS | $1,750 |
| 20 | Robert Lahey | NB | $1,450 |
| 21 | Boyd O’Neill | NB | $1,450 |
| 22 | Rob Gardiner | PEI | $1,450 |
| 23 | Emmett Joseph | PEI | $1,450 |
| 24 | Tex Hall | NS | $1,200 |
| 25 | Will Matheson | PEI | $1,200 |
| 26 | CJ Hennigar | NS | $1,200 |
| 27 | Ferne Hawley | NS | $1,050 |
| 28 | Paul Quenneville | NS | $1,050 |
| 29 | Glenn King | PEI | $1,050 |
| 30 | Richard Breau | NB | $1,050 |
Congratulations to Ha Van Nguyen and all the players who made the money at the 2016 ACPC. Stay tuned to Canada Poker for up-to-date Canadian poker news and events. Be sure to follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
