But in the past I have gambled upto 14 BTC on one bet.
holy moly. did that pan out well? even if i had that type of money to throw around i don't think i could bring myself to lay that much down.
Well, different measures for different people. He could be bored early adopter sitting on 1000+ BTC. So betting 0.01% of his total BTC is nothing huge.
There are, after all rich people out there. For me it is overwhelming amount of money, so I would rather die from heart attack than bet 14 BTC in one go.