Patent ID: 7874903

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