[phuc]

If you watch the video interviews with Kanter and Raymer, you'll get a better understanding of how the hand played out.

Kanter said he called on the flop with the idea that he was going to take a stab at the pot on the turn. When the turn hit (4-card straight on the board), it even stregthened his idea that it was a good time to make a move on the pot. He didn't think that Raymer was as strong as KK. He got pot-committed and couldn't fold after making his turn raise.

Raymer says that he knew something was up when Kanter raised him on the turn so quickly. So Raymer pushed in with the best hand. It just happened that Kanter made his flush on the river.

In my opinion, Raymer played this hand well. He made the right reads, the right plays, and was just a victim of statistics falling for the underdog this time. Kanter (according to his read) only played it wrong because of his read. He knew that Raymer couldn't have had a 4 in his hand, but he didn't realize that he was going to get called and that even if he did get called, that his Q and J outs were no good. He compounded his mistake and was forced to call...and just got lucky. It's poker.