Watch out! you're drawing dead!
The
learning and attraction curve are
sometimes very similar. When we go from knowing too little to knowing a lot in
a small period of time, we think we can outplay
just about anyone. Bad news: It doesn’t work like that!
There are
certain situations that you just can’t
crack. There are some players that you just can’t bluff and there are some
girls you will just not get…in that situation.
Poker
We were
playing a $5-$10 in some Buenos Aires local cash game and the stacks were
pretty deep, more than 400 times the
blig blind. This was a very good situation for a big profitable bluff,
hopefully with lots of chips in the middle so that when the big barrels come,
week players will fold anything that is not the nuts…exactly the nuts!
So im in
middle position and I got Enzo at the button. We had ran into each other after
playing the Buenos Aires Poker tour and now we were playing some local cash
games.
Very
aggressive Enzo will obviously raise or re-raise anything from the button. Actually,
I pick up my 3s3h and raise only 2.5 big blinds hoping to be able to call a
cheap re-raise, which I was prepared to call hoping to hit my 3-set or else to
prepare a nice bluffing situation.
Flop: J(c) A (c) J (h)
Turn 10(c)
The turn
was a very good bluffing card for me as it completed many projects. I could be
holding many full-houses, a flush or even a straight. After my check raise in
the turn, Enzo flat calls me. This makes me think he must be holding a monster.
Any other hand he would try to protect or trying to get more value right there
by re-raising.
River : BLANK
Finally I gave up. Convinced he had some full house he would never let go, I just check the
river and Enzo makes a half pot raise which was nearly 4k. So I do some
hollywooding and convince him to show me his cards. Given our old friendship,
years of poker battles and all kinds of emotional arguments Enzo show proudly
his AJ, letting me know than he forgave me and that he didn’t want to take more
money out of me.
There are
some situations it is preferable not to get burnt. Great part of
having good game is to read what you can do and what you can't. While the PUA
community is constantly teaching and encouraging to approach girls like it’s a
videogame, and get out of your comfort zone, go, bounce, learn, have no fear,
after a while you learn to optimize certain situations.
So after
the cash game we went to one of the most exclusive parties in Buenos Aires,
they are held at Shampoo, a local
cabaret that closes as such, and opens as a night club. Thanks to my
connections because of my old job, we ended up with a bottle in a table and grabbed
a group of 12 models, Socrates and me. Piero made the trip to coincide
with our Poker tournament since he had to produce a very high level fashion
show. So he held a casting and part of it was to bring girls partying and evaluate their
performance at partying (nice job hu?)
So there we
were 3 guys and 12 beautiful models at a table with 3 bottles. However,
Socrates has a stubborn obsession with brunettes with big tits and thick lips,
and no, he was not satisfied with the company we had.
Laura, who
later became his ex girlfriend, was in the middle of the set, dancing only amongst
girls. Girls often do that. They dance in an indestructible
titanium circle that you just can’t penetrate. When you see this, stay
away. That is simply not CRACKEABLE. At that time, they are really the nuts. Women as a gender often go
out to dance, just for fun. And you know what else is funny? Being
the center of attention, feeling beautiful, raising their egos. That is
not the time you want make your entrance.
What are
our options?
1. The healthiest
thing is to wait for a situation when
the circle is diluted, because when they are in the circle, they feel
protected. Si even if you get the attention of one or two girls, you are
that guy breaking that wonderful moment of fun, where they are the most
important asset of the venue. So, just don’t approach.
2. Create
the situation to break that cycle of titanium. You usually need one or
more than one person to accompany you and can break the circle by offering
something more attractive, like going to a super VIP.
So we indeed
waited for the circle to broke up, some went to the bathroom, others remained ,
others greeted a friend and that's when you can approach.
Socrates asked
me to wing him and obviously I did. I opened the set and dispersed it by
asking one of the obstacles (an obstacle is difficult to choose when they are
almost all models)
Me:
"Girls, I need a woman's opinion, but fast as ‘cos I have to go, my friends are waiting for me ..."
Raised my
hand and silencing the rest with authority I continued:
"How
long do you wait to be with someone else after breaking up?" Actually what
happened was obvious, 2 of them immediately respondeded. All issues related to
relations are always very attractive for girls to leave their opinion. Without listening much to
their response, I made friends with the "obstacles", I asked from
how they knew each other (technique used to understand the link between the
people present, very useful when there is a man to see if there is anyone
actually paired).
After that, Socrates comes in. Of course, I introduced him as the best poker player I
knew and commented on how awful (in a friendly way) it was to go out with him,
due to the large number of girls who look at him. (This is part of being a
wingman, always enlarge your partner’s image, leave him set-up within the
group)
What
happened next and how Socrates conquered Laura is part of another post.
The moral
of this story is to understand that we not always have an edge to outplay
someone else and part of being profitable or effective is to save that possible
4k bluff in the river or in the case of the girls’ set, wait for a better time
to avoid burns.
[1] Carcking:
Deciphering , breaking
[2]Outplay: lead to a situation in which we force the
opponent to lose (hopefully fold bluff) because of our skills as a poker player
[3] Nuts:
combination of cards that make the nuts or very close
[4] Winging: Being there for your friend. Play as a team to achieve a goal. Talk to the ugly, the
friend, the obstacle.
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