I'll take a 50% chance of a X1000. Less flippantly, it was a smart bet to make at the time even though things could have gone differently, since we (now) know

I'll take a 50% chance of a X1000. Less flippantly, it was a smart bet to make at the time even though things could have gone differently, since we (now) know there was a possible world (ours!) in which it went X1000.