button in SafariOrtiz Vazquez Wins Monster Stack Turbo Nightly for $3,035
The first nightly winner of the Borgata Summer Poker Open powered by BetMGM Poker has been crowned, with Alex Ortiz Vazquez coming out on top in the $250 Monster Stack Turbo Nightly.
The fast-paced event attracted 37 entries, creating a $7,400 prize pool that paid the top five finishers.
Ortiz Vazquez defeated Florida's Zachary Zaffos heads-up to earn $3,035, marking his first recorded live tournament victory since 2024 and the sixth title of his career. The result adds to a resume highlighted by a fourth-place finish in the 2021 World Series of Poker $500 Reunion, where he outlasted all but three of the 12,973 entries to bank $185,281, which is still the largest score of his $415,617 in recorded live tournament earnings.
Scott Bradley rounded out the podium in third place, while Jon Neyir, a familiar face in the Borgata winner's circle with seven tournament titles at the venue—five in No-Limit Hold'em and two in Double Board Bomb Pot events—finished fourth.
John Phelps claimed the final paid spot after Artour Melkumov bowed out as the bubble.
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Ortiz Vazquez | United States | $3,035 |
| 2 | Zachary Zaffos | United States | $1,815 |
| 3 | Scott Bradley | United States | $1,145 |
| 4 | Jon Neyir | United States | $815 |
| 5 | John Phelps | United States | $590 |