Does four of a kind beat a flush?
Yes. Four of a kind beats a flush in poker — every time. In the ranking of 10 hand categories, four of a kind is #3 and flush is #5. Categories are compared first: even quad deuces beats an ace-high flush — the category always decides first.
Four cards of the same rank ("quads").
Five cards of one suit, any order.
How rare is each hand?
Rarity is exactly why the order is what it is. Out of 2,598,960 possible five-card hands, four of a kind shows up in 0.024% of them (624 combinations), while a flush appears in 0.197% (5,108 combinations). The harder a hand is to make, the higher it ranks.
Does a flush ever beat four of a kind?
No — never. The category comparison is absolute: the highest possible flush still loses to the lowest possible four of a kind. Ranks inside a category only matter when both players hold the same category.
Prove it to yourself
Which hand wins? Tap it.