Patent ID: 7425176

Claim:
A method for simulating poker play on a game device, where the type of poker to be simulated is known at the start of a play sequence and where said type of poker has a defined set of player interactions, and where a predetermined winning amount having a 0 or greater value is associated with the play sequence and is known at the start of the play sequence, and where the game device provides a wheel comprising segments individually associable with an in-hand card, the method comprising: (a) showing an initial set of cards comprising an initial hand in accordance with said type of poker game and in accordance with said predetermined winning amount; (b) allowing player interaction with said game device where said player interactions are in accordance with said type of poker and its defined player interactions; (c) having said game device not unilaterally change any of said allowed player interactions; (d) determining a final set of cards in accordance with said initial set of cards and said player interactions, and further having a value less than or equal to said predetermined winning amount, said value being a final hand amount; (e) calculating a difference between said predetermined winning amount and said final hand amount, said difference being a bonus amount; (f) making said determined final set of cards visible; (g) indicating one of said segments; and (h) associating said segment and said in-hand card where said associating comprises one of: matching said segment and said in-hand card and showing a value comprising said bonus amount if said bonus amount is not 0; or, not matching said segment and said in-hand card if said bonus amount is 0.