When you’re young, fresh out of school, the normal path for most people is to go to
college, graduate after💶 a few years and start working a 9 to 5 job to earn above
average pay. And there is absolutely💶 nothing wrong with that, but some people want to
live a life where they make their own choices and earn💶 their own money, not a paycheck
from a company.
Rutger is one of these cases. When he was 20 he had💶 a crossroad in
front of him, he could either go to college to study fiscal economics or he could take
💶 a shot into becoming a professional poker player. Knowing that he wanted to live the
life to its fullest, he💶 decided to take the poker road.
He was no stranger to
competition and games that involved focus and thought process. He💶 played checkers for
many years, he even competed in a European championship and 6 Dutch championships. So
poker would be💶 “easy” for him!
His poker journey started at the lowest cash games
stakes online, NL2. He grinded at the Zoom tables💶 on Poker Stars and managed to grow
his bankroll up toR$500. Then he decided to make a withdraw and try💶 some smaller sites
where played some NL10, earned some money there, but nothing to be super proud
about.
That was when💶 he decided he needed some help to improve and he chose to join the
NL 6-max Micro program. Why he💶 joined the BPC Coaching for Profits program?
“Because I
feel like CFP is not f*cking messing around. They got a game💶 plan and from what I’ve
seen, it works. I just want to take my game to a higher level and💶 actually do this for
a living and become the best that I can be.”
CFP time
Rutger statement was very
correct, “CFP💶 is not f*cking messing around”. And if you want to be successful in a
Coaching for Profits program, you can’t💶 mess around either. He knew that from the
start.
If you were to guess what it takes to successfully complete a💶 Coaching for
Profits contract, what would you guess? Take some time and think about it.
Here is what
you need to💶 do:
-Listen to your coaches -Study the course material over and over
-Participate in the coaching sessions -Participate in the forums💶 -Grind A LOT (I wish I
could put more emphasis on the “a lot”…)
I rarely say this, but Rutger was💶 indeed
playing A LOT. As a former NL 6-max CFP student myself, I remember having a session
with Gordon one💶 day, and he was calling us lazy and many other beautiful words. He also
said one thing I never forgot.💶 “There is a student in the Micro group that is not lazy
and he’ll kick all of your asses!”. Boy,💶 he couldn’t be more right!
If you know one
plus one equals two, you know the micro student was Rutger.
A normal💶 student would aim
to play 70.000 hands in a month and that would be a big goal for him to💶 achieve. That
was nothing for Rutger, at the beginning he was always shooting for 70.000 hands in a
week. He💶 didn’t meet this goal a few times, but that doesn’t matter too much, it is
like he said: “I rather💶 aim too high and miss, then aim too low and hit”.
In one month
he moved from NL2 to NL10 and💶 was promoted to a higher group where he got more advanced
material and coaching sessions. He had to turn down💶 a notch on the volume of hands
played since he started playing higher limits shortly after being promoted, but he💶 was
still playing a decent amount of hours and a very good amount of hands per month.
Below
you can watch💶 a coaching session with Rutger and Gordon:
Four months after
joining the program he was already taking shots at NL100 and💶 was comfortably beating
NL50. He didn’t have a great winrate at those stakes, but all the volume he was putting
💶 generated him some nice profits from rakeback.
Fourteen months after joining the
program he finished his €30.000 contract with an impressive💶 average of 160.000 hands
per month.
Here is what he thinks it helped him the most to finish the Coaching for
💶 Profits program:
“What I think helped a lot in my progress of finishing CFP is that I
didn’t act like a💶 p*ssy when I f*cked up a day or ran quite bad. I just kept playing,
knowing that I am a💶 winning player and eventually I will start winning again. I also
set poker to be my priority in life. I💶 understood I cannot spend too many hours a day
on other stuff if I also want to succeed at poker.”
After💶 CFP
You might think you close
a book when you finish a Coaching for Profits Program, but it is just a💶 turned page in
your poker journey.
Rutger didn’t stop playing after finishing the contract, he
continued with the grinding, always aiming💶 to achieve great things. One short term goal
he always had was to win €10.000 in a month. It is💶 not easy to achieve such an
impressive number, you need to work very hard to do it.
Working hard was never💶 a
problem for him. Two months after finishing the contract he hit the €10.000 month.
As
mentioned before in this article,💶 Rutger likes to set the bar up when it comes to
reaching goals. In July 2024 he set a goal💶 to make 1.000.000 Euros playing poker before
he reaches the age of 26. When he set the challenge he had💶 46 months to fulfill it. And
the good thing is that you can keep up with his updates on his💶 blog HERE.
The first two
months of the challenge didn’t go too well. On top of playing NL 6-max he was💶 also
trying to learn how to play PLO. The swings in that game were very high and this was
affecting💶 his results. After dropping down the PLO grind his results started to get
better again.
If you check the first post💶 in Rutger’s blog, you’ll see that he wanted
to move out of his parents hours as soon as possible. With💶 the good results he was
getting, moving to another country became something very achievable. After doing some
research he decided💶 to move to Malta to live there on his own.
The move took place a
few weeks after the poker camp💶 in Marrakech. Living on your own it is not something
easy, and certainly not cheap. But a poker player can💶 certainly benefit from the fact
your alone and have a lot of time to focus at the tables.
His short time💶 goal after
moving to Malta was to win €30.000 in a month. And right in the first month, he
achieved💶 this goal!
Coaching for BPC
A few months ago Rutger was invited to start
coaching for BPC. Due to his busy grinding💶 schedule, he can’t do normal coaching
sessions with a set time. But he still helps the students with the hands💶 they post in
the forum by recording himself going through the hands.
You can watch one of his videos
below:
Congratulations Rutger💶 and we look forward to that 1 milion € graph!
