Gaming system and method providing an enhanced winning hand display feature

A method of operating a gaming system, said method comprising:

• for a play of a card game:
• (a) causing at least one processor to execute a plurality of instructions stored in at least one memory device to operate with at least one display device to display a plurality of initial hands of cards;
• (b) receiving at least one hand formation input from a player;
• (c) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to, for each of the initial hands, form and operate with the at least one display device to display a complete hand of cards;
• (d) for each of the complete hands, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to determine whether said complete hand forms a winning hand associated with one of a plurality of different winning hand categories;
• and
• (e) if at least one of the complete hands forms the winning hand associated with one of the winning hand categories:
• (i) for each of the complete hands that forms one of the winning hands, causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to display the winning hand category associated with said winning hand;
• (ii) receiving a selection of one of the displayed winning hand categories;
• and
• (iii) causing the at least one processor to execute the plurality of instructions to operate with the at least one display device to add an enhancement to the display of any complete hand that forms the winning hand associated with the selected winning hand category without adding said enhancement to the display of any complete hand that does not form the winning hand associated with the selected winning hand category.