Patent ID: 7128645

Claim:
A method for providing an enhanced player experience on a video poker game device, where the game device is configured to play at least one game of poker whose outcome is based at least partially on a random event, the method comprising: showing an initial set of cards comprising an initial hand in accordance with said at least one game of poker; allowing player interactions with said game device where said player interactions are in accordance with said at least one game of poker; determining a final set of cards and an associated win value, if any, by generating replacement cards for any cards indicated as replaceable in accordance with said at least one game of poker and said player interactions; generating a next single card after said win value, if any, is determined; associating said next single card with one card from said final set of cards; and, awarding a bonus amount based on said associated cards where said bonus amount is not primarily based on a poker value of said final set of cards in combination with said next single card, and where eligibility to said bonus is not based on a wager specific to said bonus.