Much focus has been on the American ex November Niner David "Chino" Rheem these last few days.

First it came to light this week that Rheem has scammed Canadian pro and 2011 PCA Winner Will Molson for $40,000. Just a few days later other high stakes profiles such as Tom "durrrr" Dwan, November Niner Ben "Benba" Lamb and 2010 WSOP Main Event third place finisher Joseph "Sublime" Cheong told similar stories on the poker forum two+two about how Rheem had tricked them too. Read the story here.

Just a few hours ago the problem child then returned to the spotlight, winning his third biggest live career cash of $1 million after besting Erik Seidel heads-up in the first Epic Poker League Main Event.

Rheem won the $20,000 event after beating a frightening final table comprising Jason Mercier, Hasan Habib, Gavin Smith, Erik Seidel and Huck Seed.

First man out was Huck Seed, who got eliminated in a classic coin flip against Jason Mercier. Seed held while Mercier showed . The board gave Mercier a king, sending Seed out in 6th place.

Mercier was also the executor of the next player out, as he eliminated Smith in 5th place for $154,260.

Habib, who started the table as dominant chip leader, ended his tournament life in fourth place after he ran into chino's pocket aces; Habib himself held pocket jacks, but since no more jacks showed up he was sent home in fourth place with $237,560.

A big flip a few hands later crippled Jason Mercier, who lost most of his stack to Seidel in an all-in pre flop. Mercier tabled and was a slight favourite against Seidel's . The flop however gave Seidel a king, and as the turn and river blanked out Seidel scooped the big pot, sending Mercier out in third place.

The heads-up battle between Seidel and Rheem lasted only about an hour. Rheem had a solid chip lead heading into the combat and increased this to a 6 to 1 lead when the final hand came up.

The two opponents' stacks hit the middle, and both players tabled premium hands - Rheem , Seidel a dominating .

The board ran out , securing Chino the title and a first prize of $1 million.

Next chapter of the series is taking place from 2 to 9 September, culminating with a $20,000 eight-handed No-Limit Hold’em Event from 6 to 9 September.