Landon Tice Waves the White Flag: Bill Perkins Tougher than Expected 3 Min read Landon Tice called it quits less than 25% of the way into his heads-up poker match against Bill Perkins, as he determined victory was more improbable than anticipated. Beating Bill Perkins wasn’t as easy as Landon Tice thought. (Image: Twitch) The poker players planned to play 20,000 hands at $200/$400 stakes on Americas Cardroom. Given that Perkins is an amateur, although he plays frequently, Tice agreed to pay back nine big blinds per 100 hands dealt as sort of a handicap, which comes out to $720,000 if the match were to go the distance.