Advice on course of action

So, I went to the casino at montreal to play poker since their poker room opened Friday.
The first day I turned $200 into $670, the second day I turned $200 into $0 (99<23, KK<AA); I was playing $1/$2, their lowest stakes. Obv I'm still up from what I originally started with, but keeping in mind that I only have about $400 besides what I've played with to be able to afford to lose, I'm vexed as to how I should proceed in playing. I'm clearly not bankrolled to play even $1/$2, but the players are just AWFUL. It seems hugely +EV to continue playing there, and besides I really need the money. I'm curious though, would any of you recommend buying in for, say, $100, and working with that, or is max buy-in the only way to go? I mean, I always buy in for the max online, but here, it seems like risking $200 at once might not even be worth the extra EV, simply because the players could have ANYTHING, and a bulletproof set could easily get rivered by a gutshot etc.
Clearly set mining w/ $200 is hugely +EV, but it's also tedious, since live hands take much longer (even though its an electronic table), and you can theoretically go for an entire session without seeing a playable hand (and losing $ to rake, blinds etc). I mean, would anyone advocate just playing TAG with $100, and sticking it in with 2prs, sets, overprs, huge draws etc?
Surely this is still +EV, and perhaps safer in terms of BRM?

Thoughts are appreciated

Less $EV but also less variance.

If you can stand to see the pot that would have won you $$$$ only win you $$$ but feel safer with less risk then go for it.

Plenty of shortstack strategies out there to make it work as well.

Short stack strategy is the way to go: buy in for the minimum, then just shove big hands and expect to get called in at least two spots.

Read Ed Miller's articles on short stack play.

You can make the short-stack strategy work.

Max buying for $1-$2 at our local casino is $80 (go figure) so it pretty much necessitates that play.

At my casino the max buy-in at the $1/$2 is $100. I don't have a problem with that. Of course, your situation is a little different, as the other players at the table are not also forced to stick to that limit. If you really don't want to risk it, then I suggest playing conservatively, and play your big hands hard. If they are as terrible as you say, you should be able to make a tidy profit.

so basically u have 700$ right?
buying in for 200 everytime would cost u a pretty large penny, i mean 1 bad beat can cost u 30% of roll
my suggestion is to buy in for the min everytime or deposite online and play 25nl

lol i dont think so

I think a smaller buyin and sticking it in with the hands you mentioned is good strategy.

I went to the casino a couple weeks ago and it was the same thing. Horrible, horrible but very agressive players.

Really crap thing at that casino was that at the $1/$2 tables the max buyin is $500 so buying in short will only last a couple of pots as they get huge.