Calais Campbell, a defensive end for the Arizona Cardinals, entered event no. 4 ($1,000 Top Up Turbo No-Limit Hold’em) this past weekend and ended up busting 2013 main event champion Ryan Riess.

According to WSOP live updates, the NFL star was holding pocket kings when a player in early position raised. Campbell three-bet to 800, and Riess decided to shove all-in. The unique raiser folded, and Campbell called.

Riess had A-K and couldn’t improve. The hand happened around noon on Sunday.

Unfortunately for Campbell, he wasn’t in a position to use Riess’ chips to make the money within the event that paid the highest 101 finishers. Campbell’s elimination hand took place two hours later when he moved all in with K 2 and was called by an opponent with A-Q.

The final table of the development plays out Monday.

Campbell, who have been within the NFL since 2008, has two lifetime tournament results. He finished third in an event on the Venetian casino in 2013 for $2,600 and 31st in another tournament there in 2015. He has also played in charity poker events.

NFL players are allowed to take part in poker tournaments, though they can’t be utilized in any approach to promote the development. In early January of last year, three players were barred from playing in a $94 poker event in Florida once they were used on an advertisement for the tournament.

For more coverage from the summer series, visit the 2016 WSOP landing page complete with an entire schedule, news, player interviews and event recaps.

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