The 10K Stud was always going to attract the household names.  Both the buy-in, the smaller field, and game itself, appealing to many longer term veterans of the felt.

Many heavyweights cashed, including well respected Stud player (amonst other games) Phil Ivey, multiple bracelet winner Erik Seidel, the infamous Daniel Negreanu, and heavily respected breakthrough player Alex Kravchenko

WSOP Event 14 - $10,000 Seven-Card Stud (158 entrants)

1 $ 415,856 Eric Brooks  
2 $ 259,910 Fu Wong  
3 $ 163,372 Alexander Kostritsyn  
4 $ 118,816 Minh Ly  
5 $ 92,825 Erik Seidel
6 $ 74,260 Jim Paluszek  
7 $ 59,408 David Oppenheim
8 $ 48,269 Vassilios Lazarou  
9 $ 37,130 Phil Ivey
10 $ 37,130 Thomas Weideman  
11 $ 33,417 Daniel Negreanu
12 $ 33,417 Jacobo Fernandez  
13 $ 29,704 Alex Kravchenko  
14 $ 29,704 Robert Mizrachi
15 $ 25,991 David Levi  
16 $ 25,991 Michael Fiorito