diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adbe6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/rpc"
+	"net/rpc/jsonrpc"
+	"os"
+	"time"
+)
+
+type JSONRPCServer struct {
+	*rpc.Server
+}
+
+func NewJSONRPCServer() *JSONRPCServer {
+	return &JSONRPCServer{rpc.NewServer()}
+}
+
+func (s *JSONRPCServer) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	log.Println("rpc server got a request")
+	conn, _, err := w.(http.Hijacker).Hijack()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Print("rpc hijacking ", req.RemoteAddr, ": ", err.Error())
+		return
+	}
+	io.WriteString(conn, "HTTP/1.0 200 Connected to Go JSON-RPC\n\n")
+	codec := jsonrpc.NewServerCodec(conn)
+	log.Println("ServeCodec")
+	s.Server.ServeCodec(codec)
+	log.Println("finished serving request")
+}
+
+type Args struct {
+	A, B int
+}
+
+type Quotient struct {
+	Quo, Rem int
+}
+
+type Arith int
+
+func (t *Arith) Multiply(args *Args, reply *int) error {
+	*reply = args.A * args.B
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (t *Arith) Divide(args *Args, quo *Quotient) error {
+	if args.B == 0 {
+		return errors.New("divide by zero")
+	}
+	quo.Quo = args.A / args.B
+	quo.Rem = args.A % args.B
+	return nil
+}
+
+func main() {
+	//log.SetFormatter(&log.JSONFormatter{})
+
+	// Output to stdout instead of the default stderr
+	// Can be any io.Writer, see below for File example
+	log.SetOutput(os.Stdout)
+
+	// Only log the warning severity or above.
+	//log.SetLevel(log.WarnLevel)
+
+	log.Infof("starting up")
+
+	go runHttpServer()
+
+	running := true
+
+	for running {
+		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+	}
+}
+
+func runHttpServer() {
+	js := NewJSONRPCServer()
+	arith := new(Arith)
+	js.Register(arith)
+
+	port := 8080
+
+	listenaddr := fmt.Sprintf("0.0.0.0:%d", port)
+
+	s := &http.Server{
+		Addr:           listenaddr,
+		Handler:        js,
+		ReadTimeout:    10 * time.Second,
+		WriteTimeout:   10 * time.Second,
+		MaxHeaderBytes: 1 << 20,
+	}
+	log.Infof("starting up http server %s", listenaddr)
+	log.Fatal(s.ListenAndServe())
+}
diff --git a/pokercore/pokercore.go b/pokercore/pokercore.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..302cb3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pokercore/pokercore.go
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+package pokercore
+
+import "encoding/binary"
+import "fmt"
+import crand "crypto/rand"
+import . "github.com/logrusorgru/aurora"
+import log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+import rand "math/rand"
+
+import "strings"
+
+/*
+const CLUB = "\u2663"
+const SPADE = "\u2660"
+const DIAMOND = "\u2666"
+const HEART = "\u2665"
+*/
+
+const CLUB = "C"
+const SPADE = "S"
+const DIAMOND = "D"
+const HEART = "H"
+
+type TestGenerationIteration struct {
+	Deck *Deck
+	Seed int64
+}
+
+type Card struct {
+	Rank string
+	Suit string
+}
+
+type Cards []*Card
+
+type Deck struct {
+	Cards          Cards
+	Dealt          int
+	ShuffleSeedVal int64
+}
+
+func cryptoUint64() (v uint64) {
+	err := binary.Read(crand.Reader, binary.BigEndian, &v)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	log.Debugf("crand cryptosource is returning Uint64: %d", v)
+	return v
+}
+
+func NewRandom() *rand.Rand {
+
+	trueRandom := true
+
+	var rnd *rand.Rand
+
+	seed := int64(42)
+
+	if trueRandom {
+		rnd = rand.New(rand.NewSource(int64(cryptoUint64())))
+	} else {
+		rnd = rand.New(rand.NewSource(seed))
+	}
+
+	return rnd
+}
+
+func (self *Card) String() string {
+	var rank string
+	var suit string
+	color := Red
+	switch self.Suit {
+	case DIAMOND:
+		color = Blue
+	case HEART:
+		color = Red
+	case CLUB:
+		color = Green
+	case SPADE:
+		color = Black
+	}
+
+	rank = fmt.Sprintf("%s", BgGray(Bold(color(self.Rank))))
+	suit = fmt.Sprintf("%s", BgGray(Bold(color(self.Suit))))
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", rank, suit)
+}
+
+func NewDeck() *Deck {
+
+	self := new(Deck)
+
+	ranks := []string{"A", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7",
+		"8", "9", "10", "J", "Q", "K"}
+
+	suits := []string{HEART, DIAMOND, CLUB, SPADE}
+
+	self.Cards = make([]*Card, 52)
+
+	// Loop over each type and suit appending to the deck
+	tot := 0
+	for i := 0; i < len(ranks); i++ {
+		for n := 0; n < len(suits); n++ {
+			self.Cards[tot] = &Card{
+				Rank: ranks[i],
+				Suit: suits[n],
+			}
+			tot++
+		}
+	}
+	self.Dealt = 0
+	return self
+}
+
+func (self *Deck) Shuffle() {
+	r := NewRandom()
+	r.Shuffle(len(self.Cards), func(i, j int) { self.Cards[i], self.Cards[j] = self.Cards[j], self.Cards[i] })
+}
+
+func (self *Deck) Deal(n int) (output Cards) {
+
+	if (self.Dealt + n) > len(self.Cards) {
+		return output
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		card := self.Cards[self.Dealt+1]
+		output = append(output, card)
+		self.Dealt++
+	}
+	return output
+}
+
+func (s Cards) String() (output string) {
+	var cardstrings []string
+	for i := 0; i < len(s); i++ {
+		cardstrings = append(cardstrings, s[i].String())
+	}
+	output = strings.Join(cardstrings, ",")
+	return output
+}
+
+func main2() {
+
+	log.SetLevel(log.DebugLevel)
+
+	myDeck := NewDeck()
+	myDeck.Shuffle()
+	myHand := myDeck.Deal(2)
+	//spew.Dump(myHand)
+	fmt.Printf("my hand: %s\n", myHand)
+	cmty := myDeck.Deal(5)
+	fmt.Printf("community: %s\n", cmty)
+}
diff --git a/pokercore/pokercore_test.go b/pokercore/pokercore_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf24c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pokercore/pokercore_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package pokercore
+
+import "testing"
+
+func TestPokerHand(t *testing.T) {
+	//test stuff here
+}