Updated on 23 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

Extra sidebet added to Tice vs Perkins

As if a $720,000 head start wasn't enough there is now an additional $200k side bet in the Bill Perkins vs Landon Tice handicap match.

We are almost ready to start the curious heads-up match between Landon Tice and Bill Perkins and some extra stipulations have been added. 

New rules on buyouts and ensuring the match is played before the 2021 WSOP in September have been added, but most interesting is an even money $200,000 side bet. 

Tice is already giving Perkins a $720,000 head-start in their 15,000 hand challenge at $200/$400, now he could be risking just under a million before you factor in the profit and loss from the matches themselves. Although it has been quite public that Tice is playing for a relatively small amount of his own action. 

The match is still expected to start next month, though no dates have been confirmed yet. 

Perkins plays on the THETA network

Speaking of Bill Perkins he has most recently been seen playing on a live broadcast WPT cash game for the THETA network. 

If that name sounds familiar, it is the new network that is looking to revolutionise video content, NFTs and cryptocurrency. It is the platform that has been selling NFTs of 'WPT Moments' this month. 

They missed an opportunity for the players to play in THETA (the platform's native currency) rather than dollars, but take a look at the link below because it might be a glimpse into the future of streamed poker content:

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Barry carter
Poker Expert

Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.