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2017 PokerStars SCOOP Day 5: Alexandr Trofimov Ships High Roller and Second Scoop Title

Russia's Alexandr "BIack88" Trofimov won the biggest prize thus far in the 2017 Spring Championship of Online Poker after shipping the SCOOP-15-H: $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, High Roller], $2M Gtd for $702,659 as part of a heads-up deal with Belarus' Nikita "fish2013" Bodyakovskiy.

This represents Trofimov's second SCOOP title in his poker career after previously winning the 2011 SCOOP-32-M: $5,200 FL Hold'em [6-Max, $100K Guaranteed] for $85,100 almost six years ago.

The tournament smashed its $2 million guaranteed prize pool with 93 entrants, including 32 reentries, ponying up the $25,000 buy-in to generate a huge $3,065,625 prize pool.