The one thing I see most NLHE players doing incorrectly

In my opinion, 99% of all errors I see are created because players are passive and don't bet to get information or to protect their hand... or for any reason really: Players just don't bet frequently enough. They only bet when they assume they're value betting or they bet when they have the nuts. They also bet when they have a monster they wish to protect but their minimal hands that are good... often go ignored. These hands are sometimes a huge factor in gaining more bb/100 and also add to a tricky image of which players will have difficulty adapting to.

I'd think even the aggressive players can be passive mostly, because as soon as they hit their hands, they'd wish the pot to end with that action.

Example:

Your hand in the BB
T6

Folded to the aggressive SB

SB min raises

Now... you have a pretty cruddy hand, but I think most of everyone agrees that a call here is probably the best course of action.

Flop:
T 4 7

Okay, now we get to look at the problems with this board and discover something amazing... first of all, because we called preflop and the villain has a huge range that he min raises with... we know nothing. He could have AA or 27os.

If the villain bets, I think the most appropriate action is a raise if he checks you have to bet... and forget most appropriate... I think you HAVE to raise there. For a bunch of reasons.

1. You need to find out what kind of hand your opponent has
2. Calling shows weakness and could induce another bluff... but you have no idea if it's a bluff or it's the nuts he can send you to value town and all you can do is cry
3. Calling allows him to draw with the appearance of having a hand already, so when the draw comes you won't know what to put him on. Back to value town.
4. Your opponent probably doesn't want draws to come either if he has onepair+.
5. The raise will takedown the pot a lot of the time here... and that's a positive
6. All kinds of draws that you don't even think about like king high ace high twopair draw, set draw(maybe not set draw...)... all kinds will be forced to exit the hand. These draws can easily overtake your current hand and youll have no idea that they did. BACK TO VALUE TOWN
7. If you fold here, you better have a good reason (Like he slammed a 2x pot raise on the flop in your face... or you'd like to setup a hand later and you're scared money and you... are crazy and dislike winning at poker long term)

There you go... pretty much 7 reasons why you need to bet your strong hands. There are almost infinite hands that I watch of which I have no idea where either player is because neither wants to bet and give up information. Stop being so afraid, you can always make a move on a bigger pot if you think it through...

I think it stems back to insecurity and unawareness. The T6 wants the hand to just end. They want to just see a showdown and ship it to whoever has the best hand (likely them). The problem with that is you're not extracting from the draws or weaker hands and you're losing a big chunk of the time to random garbage that catches up and value bets you. You have a decently strong hand that can easily get smoked. Try to remember that showdown doesn't happen on the flop, it happens on the river. The only way to get there without losing your bankroll is by planning ahead.

I dunno, where do you guys think the most errors in NLHE are made today?

(twoplustwo)