The black jack win was more of a confidence booster. He was going through a tough time, his investors would not raise additional funds. So he made $30K playing

The black jack win was more of a confidence booster. He was going through a tough time, his investors would not raise additional funds. So he made $30K playing black jack which boosted his confidence and went on to raise another $10M or so. Sometimes, I think that when you are setting goals to get to tough places - putting up certain milestones like that are extremely helpful.