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Warner Books NY
http://www.amazon.com/The-Professor-Banker-Suicide-King/dp/0446694975
I read it 2-3 years ago. I give it a 4/10. It wasn't that great of a read imo.
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King
Chronicles a number of the largest HU limit games ever played. Circa 2004, self-made billionaire banker Andy Beal plays against a rotating group of pros called "the corporation" (including Ivey, Reese, Forrest, and others). Though Beal was clearly less skilled than the pros, one of his strategies was to continually raise the stakes (sometimes going as high as $50K/$100K), in the hopes that the pros would become risk-adverse to the point of playing less than optimally.
The book is not going to help your dad beat 5/10 NL, but it's one of the most entertaining poker books ever written.
Whenever someone in poker says "the big game" I assume they're talking about the Bellagio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Game_(poker)
Michael Craig wrote a book about it. Good read.
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The Professor, the Banker & the Suicide King.