If you are a faithful blog reader you know I think of myself as a bit of a player. And the term player obviously means that there’s a game. I think I’ve learned a lot about game but every once in a while I just get schooled by a true grand master. Either it’s some guy who’s far more technically proficient than I am OR it’s by some guy is an absolute natural.

This past week I got some great lessons by a guy who was so good that I couldn’t even tell if he was a master or a natural, but this guy had more game than Milton Bradley and BOTH of the Parker Brothers. At times like this you just have to sit back and watch and hope you learn something useful.

At first when he made his approach I thought he was a buffoon, but it worked so amazingly well I was absolutely shocked and sat in stunned awe for at least an hour watching this guy. His opener was simply classic, he spotted one for the girls at the bar and had seen her before so when she waved he came over and said, I shit you not:

“Hey baby, I remember you from the other night, I must’ve beaten off to you 15 times since then.”

Really what can you say to a guy with balls that big? Me? I bought him a drink and watched him work.

There were three girls at the bar and he neatly placed himself between me and them, completely cutting me off and dominating the situation. If this was a less talented guy I’d have moved my way in and teamed up with him or pushed him out, but it was a lesson to see this guy work. I didn’t think his rap was that great as he kinda played a bit of a clown, but he was tuned into something because in no time these three girls were hanging on every word. In fact, when he left for a bit they couldn’t stop talking about him. “Oh, can you believe he said this??” or “Did you hear this??”

It was amazing. After about 35 minutes of banter, and after not buying a single drink for himself or any of these three chicks, he left the bar with one of them on his arm. That was it. It was like watching a team of Navy seals take on some Boy Scouts in a bar fight.

This guy was playing a game I don’t do well at which is the big, gregarious personality. I’m just not that flashy, but if you can master it, it’s stunningly effective. One thing I always advise and I have always BEEN advised is that you find a game that you are comfortable with. I do the cocky-funny very well since I’m naturally cocky and funny, but when a guy like this comes in who does the giant personality thing? You might as well go home alone but wiser.