During the play of a session of video poker, one or more playing cards, either
as simply a group of cards or as recognizable poker hands, are designated and shown
to the player on the video screen of the gaming machine. As the playing cards are
dealt to the player during the play of the regular video poker game, each dealt
card that corresponds to one of the designated cards results in a match of the
designated card. The designated card that has been matched is shown by highlighting
the matched card on the video screen. When the player has matched all of the designated
cards, the player receives a bonus award. The amount of the bonus award is based
on the number of deals of video poker that it took to match all of the designated cards.