I would have made the call - if I had prior info on the player that she was shoving light - but I would not have liked it. But - it depends really - if this player has shown to shove A/rag often or only pocket pairs, never AA/KK - and has shove preflop several times in since you have been on the table with her, I'd probably call.
Players who fold often, do not play post flop, and are only shoving, they are shoving ANY ACE, ANY pocket pair, and possibly any two broadway cards.
Qs - ugh - tough call, totally dependent on the player info you have on the opponent.
So it is true Aces win matches but to win a tourney we must take coin flips.
Yeah - putting in Qs just to get sucked out by an Ace rag - is infuriating, and it never fails when the shove donk is giving away his entire stack with A/7 off suit - called with Qs and that flop or river provides the needed Ace for him to win.
All short stacks 15bb or less are shoving with any rag ace or any pocket pair. This is why they call it a flip. If the opponents stack was half mine - I'd make the call, if the opponents stack had me covered but he had been shoving preflop more than 4-5 times in one hour - I might make that call as well. If this was the first time I'd seen that opponent open shove - I would be a lot more cautious.
Not sure about this - you are letting another player dictate how you play your premium hand, and this is a call off of someone elses shove, not an open shove. I totally agree this is a call - but letting another player dictate how you play your cards is NOT +EV and will not win the tourney. And risking 30bb for tourney life - very close to the money is not 100% mandatory call with Queens. Kings and Aces - 100% yes - Q's and below - a player could fold and still take down the event without risking entire tourney life on a guess.