Cable channel WGN America and the organizers of an amateur golf tournament have agreed to a deal that will allow the tournament to be televised in mid-May over 13-episodes.

So what’s the big deal about a golf tournament getting a cable deal?

The rules of this tournament are loosely based on the rules of poker.  The players will bet on each hole using chips, with the player with the fewest strokes on the hole as the winner (basically forcing your opponent to “fold” the hole).  The entry fee for the tournament is $10,000, with an expected first prize at $300,000.  The tournament will be held at the Las Vegas Paiute Resort.

The tournament was aired on CBS last year, but tournament organizers opted out of the contract, thinking that cable would bring more flexibility to the scheduling and playing of the tournament.