my new bad habit: getting passive in position

[Wynton]

I don't know if this is terrible or not. Recently I've been turning Mr. Passive in position when HU, planning to raise on later streets, but only to see draws develop. Increasingly, I wonder whether I should be raising the flop. Most of the time when I just call the flop, I'm correct that villain will bet the turn again, but seems like I've been getting in trouble with the free cards.

This hand may not be the best example, because I ended up with top pair and a draw on a turn (which means that I think a raise on the turn was probably mandatory). In fact, I think that perhaps I should have raised the river, with plans to fold to a 3-bet.

Tell me how badly I screwed up this hand, and what you think of just calling the flop when in position and hu, in hands kind of like this.

Compliments of PokerGeek
Absolute Limit Hold'em Ring - $5/$10 Stakes (4 handed)

Starting Stacks
Seat 1: Small blind ($83)
Seat 2: Big blind (Hero) ($273)
Seat 5: CO ($1305)
Seat 7: Button ($501)

Preflop: Hero is Big blind with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Small blind calls, Hero checks

Flop: (3.00 SB) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
Small blind bets, Hero calls, CO folds

Turn: (2.50 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Small blind bets, Hero calls

River: (4.50 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Small blind bets, Hero calls

Final Pot: $63

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