First of all, Ridge has a point. More factors are in play than the cut and dry situation that was posted here.
Yep, calling is the correct play in that situation. What a lot of people here are missing is that he had all the aces in his hand, so nobody could have aces full of anything, thus making an all-in call with queens full a play only the weakest of players would make.
However, I do have to note that the players in the main event play atrociously. I've never seen more dead money in such a high buy-in tournament. You've got way better players playing in the $25k Bellagio Five Diamond as well as the $5k WSOP events (for some weird reason). Sure, you've got nearly every notable pro playing in the Main event. However, there is so much dead money from internet qualifiers and rich people (like Jose Canseco's wife, Shannon Elizabeth, Jerry Buss, etc.) that skipping this tournament would be sinful.
Personally, I've encountered a lot of fish, but none of them will commit themselves to an all-in with a weak hand on the river. You have to get their chips on the flop if you're looking to score them all. That's the only place that people want to gamble, simply because they figure that they have a big hand / draw and peeling additional cards is typically a bad thing for weak players.
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