[kyleb]

I've logged quite a few hands in Stud 8/b on Party and Stars in my day, from 1/2 up to 10/20. Mike Emery is more or less correct - it'd be impossible to average 4-5bb/100 consistantly, even if multitabling. You need to pay attention to all the dead cards, live cards, and opponent tendencies moreso than Hold 'em, and there's no PokerTracker overlay client that helps automate this. As such, playing 3 tables seems to be the upper limit to play at 85% or better of your true potential (in my opinion).

That said, if you only play when the absolute fish are on (*cough*golfmaster *cough*), you can reach some high winning rates - but be prepared for some serious variance in a game like Stud or especially Stud 8/b.

I average around 1-1.5bb/100 at the Stud 8/b tables on Party nowadays over a decent sample size, and I consider that to be very good for my play skill (which I feel is mediocre to slightly above average).