michel444 Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 Ekren a weak 2 opening from the cold country of north Europei think the original have 5-10 point and the bid was 2♦4+♥and 4+♠ the SPREAD version is even more weak4+ ♥ and 4+ ♠ 0-7(8) HCP 8 is for balanced handwith more point you open 1♣bad example [hv=pc=n&s=st98762hkqj4dj72c&w=sq3hat752d86cajt9&n=saj54h3dqt3ck5432&e=skh986dak954cq876&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=2h(ekren)p2sp]399|300[/hv]south open with 2♥west passnorth don't like ♥ and corect to 2♠East pass east lead A of ♦ and K of ♦ and give his partner a ♦ ruff West ruff and cash the Ace of♥2 ♠ +1 made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel444 Posted October 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 In the game of bridge, Ekren refers to a preemptive opening of 2♦ defined as 4-4, 4-5, 5-4 or 5-5 in the majors and 3-10 high card points. This conventional preempt was designed by Bjørn Olav Ekren from Norway and is an example of the modern style of highly aggressive preemptive bidding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel444 Posted October 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 ♠[hv=pc=n&s=s9742haq85d762cj9&w=sthk76dakq85ck752&n=sk8hj943dt943caq6&e=saqj653ht2djct843&d=s&v=0&b=11&a=2h(ekren)2n(minors)p3cppp]399|300[/hv]this is an example of ekren2♥ 4+♥ and 4+♠ 0-7(8) HCP2NT minors 4+♣and 4+♦ 13+ HCP(A DOUBLE will show balanced with 3+♥ 16+ {penality optional})North passeast bid 3 ♣ preference PLAN your play South lead the J♣IF YOU THINK something is wrong please commentMichel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 Ekren didn't like using 2!H to show the majors. I doubt that he'd like seeing this 2!H bid described as Ekrens. My impression is that this (broad) class of Preempts is typically described as "assumed fit" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mw64ahw Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 Ekren didn't like using 2!H to show the majors. I doubt that he'd like seeing this 2!H bid described as Ekrens. My impression is that this (broad) class of Preempts is typically described as "assumed fit"Yep - 2♦ is Ekren; 2♥ is 'Ekren' style and supposedly harder to play against Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel444 Posted October 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 thank you all !IDK if i have to change the topic name or just Edit the post Michel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted October 1, 2022 Report Share Posted October 1, 2022 FWIW, here is the assumed fit style that I prefer https://www.chrisryall.net/bridge/weak.two/frelling.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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