Having trouble with live $1/$2 NLHE

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I've recently started playing live $1/$2 NLHE over the past few months. Despite the incredibly loose/passive games, I've found myself losing and am currently down by almost $1000. Do any of you have advice for switching from online to live play?

I've been usually buying in for 50 BB. I can often open up with a 5-8BB raise and get called by multiple people. My large raises and 3 bets rarely receive any respect. Because of this I try to play very tightly, but it seems like I often get into tricky situations where I get half my stack in with AK and don't hit the flop in a multiway pot, or an ace hits the flop when I'm holding KK or QQ.

I'm wondering if maybe I should switch to a short stack strategy to make sure I can just get all in preflop. Does this seem like the safest option until I recover my losses?
 
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Buy-in for the max, raise bigger preflop, bet pot or more on the flop, get your stack committed by the turn when you have a big hand, top up whenever you drop $20 below the max buy-in, have a bankroll to survive the variance.
 
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Ive recently started playing 1-2 live w/ a 6k bankroll... I have had slow success because of pure PATIENCE. It may get a lil boring but just grind it out and be patient and you will notice your stack getting bigger. Also buy in for the max ( For my casino it's 200 ) and raise $11 - $14 preflop, you still may not get out the garbage but the idiots will pay you off in the longrun IF YOUR PATIENT.
 
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Buy-in for the max, raise bigger preflop, bet pot or more on the flop, get your stack committed by the turn when you have a big hand, top up whenever you drop $20 below the max buy-in, have a bankroll to survive the variance.

OP is a fish. Buying in for the max will just make him lose his money faster, imo.
 
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