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I'm not critizing you or anyone personally but the flaw when alot of Raymers (or other 2+2 favorites for that matter) hands are dissected its as if they were played face up.

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No, it's cool if you criticize me. I think a forum like this is good for discussion. I come here to try to improve my game.

With that being said, I know I'm not a great tournament player, but I may have done the same thing as Kanter did here. He was playing a marginal hand preflop (less than marginal due to the raise, but he was taking a shot). He sees a flop that is probably a good flop for him to bluff at if the turn card is scary and if he puts Raymer on two big cards...(though he actually had KK, it's not unreasonable to put him on AK). If the turn isn't an A or a K, then I might semi-bluff raise or bet out on the turn (i prefer betting out) and if he calls, hope that I hit my Q, J, or anything else that might make a win for me. The heart on the turn made the semi-bluff that much easier to do. I may have done the exact same thing, except I would be held back by the fact that if I am wrong, I would be virtually knocked out of the tournament (by being short-stacked) if not felted at the end of the hand.

I prefer to fold the flop, but then again, if you never make any other plays or moves, or you let AK take it down unimproved against you all the time by playing too weak, you will lose anyway.