Papa Bill's 1001 Party Favorites Joke Book: If you can't laugh at yourself, then laugh at everyone else! (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781453658826)

William "Papa Bill" Ballew was born and raised in Iowa. Baby Billy was baptized by Father Flanagan, founder of Boys Town. Bill's hobbies include writing, golf, weightlifting, racquetball, archery, playing Pinochle, smoking an occasional cigar with his many friends at Mission Pipe in Pleasanton, CA plus Papa Bill plays poker at the World Series of Poker and he cashed at the WSOP in 2006, finishing 62nd out of 1,184 players. In the 2007 World Series of Poker Main Event, "Papa Bill" went deep into the WSOP Main Event by beating approximately 5,400 players but finished just short of the money as he went out in approximately 912th place (660 players were paid). Papa Bill will have two Poker books out in mid January 2011 - check back. Bill joined the USAF in 1965, right after graduating from Bishop Heelan Catholic High School and served in the Far East (stops include the Philippines', Taiwan and Japan) during the Vietnam War. This is Papa Bill's fifth published book; his other books are: 1) THE Unbeatable Pinochle System, 2) CIGAR-VERSATIONS / The Godfather Chronicles, 3) Poems of a Heart Held Captive, 4) Papa Bill's 1001 Party Favorites Joke Book and 5) The Joke Vault. "Papa Bill" Ballew currently lives in Northern California to be near his children, Julie and Nathan plus his three grand children: Alexis, Hunter and Sierra.