PokerFaces: An Information-Rich Online Poker Environment Poker is inherently reliant on social and psychological information, yet most online poker environments do not support the interactions that add these dimensions to the game. We explore how to transmit non-explicit social information in an online gaming environment. We have built PokerFaces, a platform for online poker which allows players to transmit and observe behavioral information. With this information, players have a broader range of ways to understand and deceive their opponents. Scott A. Golder, Sociable Media Group, MIT Media Laboratory
	Overview Papers Images Contact		Our first poker-related paper, Hiding and Revealing in Online Poker Games, was presented at CSCW 2004 in November 2004. It is a critique of current online poker environments; in it, we contrast the two dominant methods of representing individuals in online poker games, using avatars and using handles. A previous version of this paper was presented in the CHI Fringe session at CHI 2004. A second paper, detailing the design and evaluation of PokerFaces, is in progress.