For safety, check out the strip club before going in and settling down. The things Orgasmatron's was talking about sounds like he's talking about some dive strip club in the bad part of town, but there are always basic things I consider everytime I go in.
1) Strippers are workers who expect to be paid for whatever they do even if it includes sitting next to you and not saying a word to you.
2) Tipping is a good way to nudge everyone in the right direction. One club I go to has a VIP section that has awesome view of the entire club and a back area. I pay the extra entrance fee because of simple reason, there is hardly anyone over there and the bartender is not going to make money. These bartenders you build a great rapport for. I have 3 of them now that "take care of" of everything and when I go get the drinks I watch them make the girls drinks almost pure liquer or drinks that are high in content but tasteless. Why do they do this for me? I leave them anywhere between 10-20 tip depending on the girl they help me get.
3) Getting a dancer's number is not uncommon. More often than not it is a # that's being cancelled, it's there man, it's a house # they are never at home, or it is really her's but she's going to play a
phone game with you.
The way I have been successful has been from simply my attitude and learning from you all. I don't ever buy a girl a dance or dance. I engage them and see what is there attitude. Some girls need to make money so don't waste her time she isn't in the mood to entertain. Very important to recognize the ones that are desperate for cash at that moment.
I have always avoided dances and buying girls drinks. Think about it, with all horny guys they got and at 20 on average for a dance they make enough fast cash and sugar daddy's to treat me.
I had this one girl who was a HB10 for sure. Short petite black girl who I intentionally "bumped" into and said a quick opener to draw her attention. I listen to girls names and I do this on their way to the mainstage. I never tip on the main stage I wait for the last stage so that I am the last face they saw and I say cute little things like your nose wiggles when your doing that so they are entertained. They come to me after and I have only two options if they aren't asking for dances at first than I let them join me and we conversate. I pick up from what I told her on the dance floor. I am playful when they give me their stage name I give them mine. I build my rapport with them hitting them very light negs, engaging their out interests asking them about things they do when not at the strip club and throwing material that relates to them and saying other negs and opinion openers to continue the flow. I borrow now the line from you guys and tell her that I need to make money tonight and if she's going to hold me up than at least she can get me a drink. Sometimes they say speak stripper and disappear but the keepers laugh and banter with me. I usually say okay I tell you what you get me 3 drinks and I'll give YOU a lap dance. After a few drinks I determine whether or not she's going to give me a freebe. Because guys I have been given a free dances in back that have twice resulted in her riding me and another time her blowing me. If not a free lap dance is nice and I look at my clock act surprise and say something like "OMG I can't believe you kept me past my shift, I'm about to be on stage." they usually look at me weird and I just say sorry I can't keep you company, but I gotta go. I tell her that she's probably way to nice and that I'm way too busy for her with my schedule, but I would enjoy talking to her again and get her #. I use another line that I call her right there and have her talk to herself too so that when I do call again or if she's calls me that she relates me too a great guy instead of another preverted customer.
That's all I have done so far, no expert, but thought I share my successes in the strip club. Sometimes to get myself in the right attitude I tell myself I am coming here because I have been hired to entertain them.
Always need improvement and help from the real pros out there maybe there's a more efficient way or another method I should try in the field, but this has worked for me and the worst case scenerio at no cost to me I determine which girls are crappy and build a couple friendships with the girls. I have one Asian friend who hooked me up with this 18 year girl who was her first time. I ended up taking her home and continued the party. Unfortunately for her, I had also developed a girlfriend that following weekend so I got exclusive with that girl. But the great thing is that the 18 Dancer still calls me asking me if I'm going to come see her at where ever, yeah not the club, but someplace else and last time I talk to her was for chinese and she told me how I was the best customer she ever had and rant and raved about all the pervy men who try to finger her whenever she lap dances for them.