Does a full house beat high card?
Yes. A full house beats high card in poker — every time. In the ranking of 10 hand categories, full house is #4 and high card is #10. Categories are compared first: even deuces full of threes beats ace-high — the category always decides first.
Three of a kind plus a pair.
Nothing connects — the top card plays.
How rare is each hand?
Rarity is exactly why the order is what it is. Out of 2,598,960 possible five-card hands, a full house shows up in 0.144% of them (3,744 combinations), while high card appears in 50.1% (1,302,540 combinations). The harder a hand is to make, the higher it ranks.
Does high card ever beat a full house?
No — never. The category comparison is absolute: the highest possible high card still loses to the lowest possible full house. Ranks inside a category only matter when both players hold the same category.
Prove it to yourself
Which hand wins? Tap it.