This should be of interest to all those who are focused on player experiences, and particularly to the role of money on the table: how does it affect players when they know that they are playing for real money, and against other (real) players? Unfortunately in Finnish, but an English abstract is also available: see http://www.stakes.fi/FI/Julkaisut/verkkojulkaisut/raportteja08/VR24_2008.htm
Järjellä vai tunteella? Nettipokerin pelikokemus ja pelaamisen hallinta
Svartsjö, Mikko; Kinnunen, Jani; Paloheimo, Eetu; Mäyrä, Frans
Stakes, Raportteja 24/2008
http://www.stakes.fi/verkkojulkaisut/raportit/R24-2008-VERKKO.pdf
frans goes blog 
Digitoday has their story of our study here: http://www.digitoday.fi/yhteiskunta/2008/09/15/hupi-ei-riita-nettipokerin-pelaajalle/200823968/66