Poker Player and Team Challenge Member
Tavish Margers has played many roles in the poker world, from player to tournament organizer and WSOP grinder to charity advocate. As far as Margers could remember, he recollected that his first memory of playing poker in any form was in 1976 as a child.
Poker became a bigger part of his life when he enlisted in the Marine Corps during his eight-year stint in the service throughout the 1990s. It was during this time that he shared that he visited Las Vegas and his eyes were opened up to the wide world of poker when he came across a poker room at the former Stardust Casino.
“One hundred dollars gone. Another rack. One hundred gone and another rack,” Margers said with a smile as he described his baptism into poker that first time he played in a poker room. Despite stumbling out of the gates, Meyers said he was hooked on the game of poker from then on.
Margers played for several years as more of a cash game player in casinos and home games until the mid-2000s, when he began to take an interest in tournaments.
“The grind wasn’t fun anymore, so I started playing poker tournaments. I fell back in love with poker again,” Margers said.
Well, that love for the game is still going strong, but it has taken on a different function in meaning in Margers’ life after his son was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. It was at this time that Margers found out about the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation’s charity marathon run. Margers participated in the run in honor of his son and, through that experience, became an advocate for the foundation over the years.
Margers chose to dedicate his time and energy to helping the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation and became part of Team Challenge, which is an endurance training organization that helps raise money for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation. According to the Team Challenge Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation website, Margers has helped with 43 events since he became an advocate and member, including charity poker events that Margers has helped establish as part of his advocacy.
“John (Rochfort) runs the poker room, and he let me run my first charity tournament here,” Margers said. “I’m a loyal customer to John.”
Margers has been a regular at Jamul Casino ever since. Marger shared that he usually dons a Mohawk haircut during the World Series of Poker as a means to get people’s attention and hopefully have an opportunity to share with people, and while he isn’t sporting the haircut, he can be seen taking a shot at an RGPS Main Event title at the RGPS Grand Prix San Diego. Margers headed into the main event having already secured a pair of RGPS rings by winning the $200 Seniors Ring Event for $3,043 and the $800 Tag Team Event for $5,700.
Margers is currently sitting with 23,000 in the RGPS San Diego $600 Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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23,000
7,000
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7,000 |