I've been going out solo occasionally for about a year, but last night was my first time after having discovered PUA and seddit. I went to a large bar in a busy nightlife area. The goal was just to open sets, have a good time, and maybe get some numbers.

The bar is half tables and half dance floor, so I started on the table side. Right away, across the room, I see a booth table with five girls with a bunch of tricolor flags. I approach and ask what the flags are about. HB6 on my left says they're Colombian flags, because one of them is from Colombia; she asks me to guess which one. I don't want to answer this, so I make a big show like I have no idea, then then indicate a girl in the back corner of the booth who hadn't looked at me since I got there. Laughter. Then I look right at the Colombian girl, and say, “Of course it’s you. What brings you here?” As soon as she opens her mouth—no accent—I realize that was a bit off. They're at the bar celebrating the day she came to the U.S. as a baby 27 years ago. I congratulate her, smile, and move on.

On the other side of the room, approach a group of four girls around a table with an open seat, sit down, and say, “Thanks for saving a seat for me.” Start chatting up the HB7 directly to my left, while her friends pretty much ignore me. I ask her what they’re celebrating (two other girls’ birthdays), make some decent jokes, and then once again move on. At this point I realize I’m doing well with the initial approach, but having trouble going from there. Smalltalk has never been my strong suit, so I probably need to actually study a bit to be more prepared for this.

Time to check out the dance side of the bar. On my way through the crowded dance floor, a cute, very tall HB6 backs into me and steps on my foot. She looks mortified, so I flash a huge smile and keep going. I also stop to talk to the two girls and guy who were in front of me in the line to get into the bar. At first they seem taken aback, but then I isolate one of the girls and get into kind of an intense conversation. I find out the both of the girls are visiting from out of town, which isn't what I'm looking for, so I move on.

Back on table side, I approach a 5 set that I'd noticed on the way in. Four girls are sitting at the table, and a guy is standing in front of it. I'm not sure if he's with them or not, so when I walk up I put my arm around his shoulders and say to the girls, "Do you know this guy?" They do, and they're there celebrating the 21st birthday of the HB5 to the right of the guy. I start trying to talk to the HB7 on my left, but she's not having it, poking at her phone and mumbling, and I start to feel my body language going south. So I turn and talk to the guy and the birthday girl. I ask her if she's having her fourth legal drink? Second? Sixth? She says twelfth, and then the guy says I should get her a shot because everyone else is. I say that if everyone else is, I don't need to. I say I don't buy drinks for women, and he asks if I'll buy him a drink. I say sure, and get him a shot. The HB7 is still blowing me off, and it's almost closing time, so I move on for one more set.

I head back to the dance floor and find the tall girl who stepped on my foot earlier. When she sees me, she scowls, so I say, "You look like you aren't having such a great time." No, actually, she just feels really bad about stepping on my foot (as if that doesn't happen all the time in a crowded bar), so I tell her I'm gonna milk that for all it's worth. We talk for a few minutes, a bit of very light kino, and I can tell she's really into me. Then I pull away and ask her to introduce me to her friends, which she does, and I talk to two of them individually for about a minute each, being very friendly but not getting close. Then back to the tall girl, more chatting, touching her back and elbows. She says "You're really cute and nice." Twice. So a couple minutes later, I say it's time for me to go, but she should give me her number. She does, I say, "See you around," and head home.

Okay, now the question. [deleted]

tl;dr: did pretty well with approaches, but not as well with conversation after that; got # from a girl i'd like to see again; had fun, so not bad for a first outing.