Quote from: cryptoaddictchie on Today at 01:07:37 PM

Thats smart thinking. The money you see as possible winnings isn’t really yours yet, it’s just numbers until the bet is over. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking it’s already theirs and push too far, just like the guy in the story. At the end of the day, your real life situation is more important than chasing the biggest payout sometimes taking a sure win is the smarter choice.

Right.. Sometimes, taking a sure win is actually the smarter choice. Like in the case of the man described by the OP, the choice to cash out would have been better and he would still have won some good money too. I don't know if I should say it's cause of greed or the man was extremeey hopeful seeing as most of the games he bet on had already been played and he won on those games.
People fail to realize, perhaps having an unrealistic level of hope that the potential amount to be gotten after placing a bet can also be lost. The man in the stroy relayed by the OP should have considered his present financial predicament and taken the nice sum given when he had the opportunity to do so. He would have been better off.