Wow, a prize of that magnitude and the payment that simple and easy, bets of $ 500 is how a professional with nerves of steel would do it, not only he ensures his life but that of the player's entire family.
Why do you guys always assume that the player in question is in the profit zone just because he won big through a single bet? His entire betting history will relay whether he is up or down overall basically.
Big wins like this one are spectacular to witness, but that doesn't automatically mean that the player in question is set for life or anything. Overall betting history is what matters more.
Of course your gambling history is important, only the fact that your stakes were so high stands out, I personally admire that, and it is the money you won that can really fix a life easily. That is like in a soccer game, a final, if one team has the advantage and is winning and the other draws and wins in the last minutes, in history the team that won will be remembered, not the other team that was winning.