Robert Croak Biography

Robert Croak Bio

If you have children, or even if you have friends with children, then you probably have heard of Silly Bandz. Silly Bandz are essentially silicone rubber bands that are made into different shapes. The creator of those bands is entrepreneur and high-stakes amateur poker player Robert Croak.

Croak is a 47 year-old businessman from Toledo, Ohio and he is involved in several business ventures. He runs a company called BCP Imports that makes Silly Bandz. In another venture he also serves as a concert promoter doing business as Verso Group Enterprises. He also is part of the group that operates Marco’s Pizza in Denver, Colorado.

Croak has been an amateur poker player for over 10 years and is a regular at the Aria, the Bellagio, and the Wynn. He does not have much in the way of a tournament history, but he did make his first WSOP cash this past year in a $1,000 No Limit Hold Em Event. In an interview given to High Stakes Poker, he equates playing poker to playing golf. He says that you should be learning every day and poker is about learning, regardless of the stakes that you play.

While he is a regular high stakes poker player, his passion still lies with his business ventures. He hopes that one day his Silly Bandz will become an empire in the children’s toy world. However, if that does not happen, he will be happy to see it turn into a fad like Beanie Babies. While they are not as popular as they used to be, they still sell very well.

Croak will put his high stakes poker skills to the test when he appears in the first three episodes of Season 7 of High Stakes Poker on GSN.