Hi everyone.

I am new to RIO. I have been playing poker for over 10 years and I was actually doing it full time from 04 to 06 back when online poker was so much better. Now I am concentrating entirely on live games as the live 1/2 NLHE where I live is incredibly soft. I am working very hard to improve my game which is why I joined this site (unfortunately so far I am not finding most of the pro videos very helpful as they mostly target online play) I jumped back into the games this week after a fair amount of time off studying. I confidently bought in for the maximum ($500) however, I have had 2 incredibly bad sessions where even though I think I played quite well, The cards didn't go my way (almost every pot i won I stole and the rare times I hit a had like 2 pair or better I was beat). These 2 nightmare sessions cost me about $1800 and have put a serious dent in my roll. So now I am faced with the question of should I buy in short or suck it up and buyin for the max once I'm cooled off and ready. (I do have a $7000 visa to back me up if necessary but i really dont want to do that) I have built rolls from buying in for $100 in these games in the past. But i think that idea is kind of ludicrous unless you cash out when you hit a certain amount. So how would you approach the situation? I absolutely hate buying in for less then the maximum as these games are very soft and i like to play a lot of pots with these incredibly bad players. Should i cash out when i hit a certain amount to protect my roll? Any and all comments are appreciated.

P.S any recommended threads and/or videos for live poker (other then the crushing live no limit by garrett adelstein) would be appreciated as well.