Perkins Leads By $61,000 After Roughly 900 Hands

Published on June 4th, 2021 1:23 pm EST

It's still early days, though hedge fund manager Bill Perkins has jumped out to an early lead in his heads-up challenge against Landon Tice.

Perkins and Tice have now played roughly 900 hands of their 20,000 hand challenge.

After posting a small loss in their first session, Bill Perkins bounced back with a $79k win in the second session, and now leads by about $61,000.

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There are still over 19,000 hands of the challenge left to be played, though remember that with each passing hand that Perkins maintains a lead, Tice will have a harder and harder time coming back to win.

Remember - Tice is spotting Bill Perkins 9 BB/100 hands, or $720,000 over the entirety of the challenge.

So, even if Tice ends up winning by $500,000, he will lose the challenge, as Perkins is being spotted $720,000.

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Perkins is clearly taking this challenge seriously, as he invested in coaching and worked on his heads-up game in the lead-up to things getting underway.

Practically nobody would make the argument that Perkins is the better heads-up player, though can Tice overcome this massive handicap?

Could the much-younger Tice withstand the pressure of falling significantly behind in the challenge? Would Perkins be able to take advantage of his opponent's sloppiness if this happens?

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The next session between Perkins and Tice is set to take place this Saturday.

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