Canonical Flop Subsets

Canonical Flop Subsets

Has anyone invented canonical flop subsets?

We have regular flop subsets [Pio] [GTO+]. They are useful for making "mini aggregate reports". You can take the weighted average of each flop to get something approximating the global average strategy/EV/EQR/etc.

But these are not canonical. They cluster around the average flop, not the different types of flops. For example, if I open the Pio 3-flop subset, you get three unpaired broadway FD flops. Why? Because these are the most common flop types, so they represent the mean of all flops.

  • QsJs4h
  • As6s5h
  • Ks9s8h

What I'm looking for is more like, a representative subset. Something that shows off the different types of textures you'll face. Now I could pretty easily just make up my own set of representative flops for each common texture. But I'm wondering if there's a more rigorous way to do it?

Put another way:

  • Aggregate Subset: Minimizes error of average
  • Canonical Subset: Maximizes representation of distinct features/textures
05 September 2025 at 10:47 PM
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