PokerGuide

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PokerGuide

• Patrick Chi
• Dae-Ho Chung
• Toland Hon
• James Lovejoy
• James Liu
• James Zhang

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Introduction

• Intended Use of Interface
• To teach users how to play poker and to get
  better at playing poker.
• Poker from here on refers to Texas Holdem

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Introduction

• Intended User Population
• College students or anyone that wants to learn or
  get better at playing poker

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Special Parts of Interface

• Cell Phone Keypad Interface
• 0-9
• and
• Confirm and Cancel
• Directional
• up/down/left/right
• Clear
• End

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Next Action
User can select suit by pressing left and right
directional keys
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Next Action
User can select suit by pressing left and right
directional keys
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Next Action
User can select suit by pressing left and right
directional keys
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Next Action
User can select suit by pressing left and right
directional keys
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Next Action
User can select rank by pressing up and down
directional keys
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Next Action
User can select rank by pressing up and down
directional keys
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Next Action
User can select card by pressing confirm key
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Next Action
User can select card by pressing confirm key
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Next Action
User can also hot-key the rank of the card by
pressing the number pad.
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Next Action
User can select suit.
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Next Action
User can select card.
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Next Action
User then enters the number of players.
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Next Action
User hits confirm key to continue.
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Next Action
This displays automated information about the
users hand. Here the user can change the number
of players as the players fold.
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Next Action
User then hits the confirm key to proceed to
enter the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
To enter face cards by hot-key, user first hits
the followed by 1, 2, or 3. 1 Jack 2
Queen 3 King
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
User is entering the flop.
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Next Action
This screen displayed the automated information
about the users hand with the community
hand. User also updates the number of players.
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Next Action
User changes of players.
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Next Action
User is entering the turn.
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Next Action
User is entering the turn.
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Next Action
User is entering the turn.
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Next Action
User is entering the turn.
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Next Action
This screen displayed the automated information
about the users hand with the community hand.
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User enters the river.
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Next Action
User enters the river.
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Next Action
This screen displayed the automated information
about the users hand with the community
hand. User ends hand by hitting the confirm
button.
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Next Action

• Here the user can select one of 3 options
• Start Over
• Enter Opponent Hands
• Return to Menu
• by using the up and down directional key or
  hitting the corresponding number next to the
  option.

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Next Action

• Here the user can select one of 3 options
• Start Over
• Enter Opponent Hands
• Return to Menu
• by using the up and down directional key or
  hitting the corresponding number next to the
  option.

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Next Action

• Here the user can select one of 3 options
• Start Over
• Enter Opponent Hands
• Return to Menu
• by using the up and down directional key or
  hitting the corresponding number next to the
  option.

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Next Action

• Here the user can select one of 3 options
• Start Over
• Enter Opponent Hands
• Return to Menu
• by using the up and down directional key or
  hitting the corresponding number next to the
  option.

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Next Action
End of Demo.
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Changes to Interface

• Reverse Up/Down button in card selection
• Added of Players Screen
• Help Window
• Menu should not cover button info
• Restart Button in middle of hand

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Reverse Up/Down Button

• Problem User found it unintuitive that up
  decreased the card rank and down increased the
  card rank in our card selection system
• Change Reverse the functionality of the up/down
  button
• Design Principle Match between system and the
  real world

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Added of Players Screen

• Problem User forgets to update the of players
  almost every time.
• Change Added a screen specifically to prompt
  user to update the of players.
• Design Principle Error prevention

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Help Window

• Problem User didnt know how to some parts of
  our interface and got lost.
• Change Added Help Window when user pressed
• Design Principle Help and documentation

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Menu should not cover button

• Problem Menu was covering the Select word above
  the confirm button. User did not know what
  exactly the confirm button did.
• Change Moved menu so it no longer hides the
  Select.
• Design Principle Visibility of system status

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Restart Button in middle of hand

• Problem Hand ended before the river and there
  was no way to restart the game without continuing
  or hitting Undo till the beginning
• Change Added clear button which returns to the
  first screen anywhere in the process.
• Design Principle User control and freedom

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Questions