I have lost much than what I have earned or saved. Through gambling I have lost more than 25btc, which is quite a big amount for an normal user. But I lost these when the price was around $350. Now if this has happened I could have ended up everything running for my daily food.
That was a big amount to lose at the current price, now that proves that holding really worth than gambling, if I am in your situation I would not gamble that much because I am not quite convince with my skills. The fact that you lose, you might be not be able to limit your bets which is wrong, but I understand because we never sees the outcome, we are just here to take risks.