[arcticfox]

First at party 1/2 there is no point stealing as its populated with calling stations. Secondly buy Ray Zee's book, Super System will not help you with stud/8 due to no qualifier. Big pairs in stud/8 play best heads up, many low draws can end up with 2 pair in trying to get the low by the river so you don't want many opponents with a high pair. Basic strategy is you want to play hands with scooping potential like 3/4/5 where-as a hand like 2/5/8 is really not worth playing as you are only playing for half the pot. Rolled up trips are obviously always worth playing.