diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 455f3c0e..45c29f60 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 language: clojure
-lein: lein2
-script: lein2 midje :config .midje-grading-config.clj
+lein: lein
+script: lein midje :config .midje-grading-config.clj
 jdk:
   - openjdk7
 notifications:
diff --git a/src/p_p_p_pokerface.clj b/src/p_p_p_pokerface.clj
index 5ea80094..b05b029f 100644
--- a/src/p_p_p_pokerface.clj
+++ b/src/p_p_p_pokerface.clj
@@ -1,34 +1,72 @@
 (ns p-p-p-pokerface)
 
+(def replacements {\T 10 \J 11 \Q 12 \K 13 \A 14})
+
+
 (defn rank [card]
-  nil)
+  (let [[rank-char _] card]
+    (if (Character/isDigit rank-char)
+      (Integer/valueOf (str rank-char))
+      (replacements rank-char))))
 
 (defn suit [card]
-  nil)
+  (let [[_ second-char] card]
+    (str second-char)))
+
+(defn hand->rank-frequencies [hand]
+  (frequencies (map rank hand)))
+
+(defn hand->suit-frequencies [hand]
+  (frequencies (map suit hand)))
 
 (defn pair? [hand]
-  nil)
+  (< 1 (apply max (vals (hand->rank-frequencies hand)))))
 
 (defn three-of-a-kind? [hand]
-  nil)
+  (< 2 (apply max (vals (hand->rank-frequencies hand)))))
 
 (defn four-of-a-kind? [hand]
-  nil)
+  (< 3 (apply max (vals (hand->rank-frequencies hand)))))
 
 (defn flush? [hand]
-  nil)
+  (= 5 (apply max (vals (hand->suit-frequencies hand)))))
 
 (defn full-house? [hand]
-  nil)
+  (let [rank-freqs (vals (hand->rank-frequencies hand))]
+    (or (= [2 3] rank-freqs) (= [3 2] rank-freqs))))
 
 (defn two-pairs? [hand]
-  nil)
+  (let [descending-rank-freqs (sort > (vals (hand->rank-frequencies hand)))]
+      (or (= [2 2] (take 2 descending-rank-freqs)) (= [4] (take 1 descending-rank-freqs)))))
+
+(defn straight-impl? [ranks]
+  (let [sorted-ranks (sort ranks)]
+    (let [lowest_rank (nth sorted-ranks 0)]
+      (= sorted-ranks (range lowest_rank (+ lowest_rank 5))))))
 
 (defn straight? [hand]
-  nil)
+  (let [ranks-high-ace (map rank hand)]
+    (let [ranks-low-ace (replace {14 1} ranks-high-ace)]
+      (or (straight-impl? ranks-high-ace) (straight-impl? ranks-low-ace)))))
+
+
 
 (defn straight-flush? [hand]
-  nil)
+  (and (flush? hand) (straight? hand)))
+
+
+(defn high-card? [hand]
+  true) ; All hands have a high card.
+
 
 (defn value [hand]
-  nil)
+  (let [checkers #{[high-card? 0]  [pair? 1]
+                 [two-pairs? 2]  [three-of-a-kind? 3]
+                 [straight? 4]   [flush? 5]
+                 [full-house? 6] [four-of-a-kind? 7]
+                 [straight-flush? 8]}]
+    (let [evaluate-checkers (map (fn [x] x) checkers)] ;;run anonym fn for each checker, anon fn is formed in the next row
+      (let [matching-checkers (filter (fn [x] ((first x) hand)) evaluate-checkers)] ;;filters matching checkers, (first x) points to the first part of the checker macro match pair i.e. 'high-card'
+        (let [values-from-matching-checkers (map second matching-checkers)]
+          (apply max values-from-matching-checkers))))))
+