Re: 2 spades - pass - 4 hearts

"Raija" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Provided that you have agreements.  I dont see the any beauty in a
splinter
> by the responder to weak two; seldom does weak two opener have side values
> that are useless opposite a singleton, they are usually always all
> "useless".

Do you forbid your weak-two openers to have an outside queen or king?
Do you alert your opponents to this fact, as it is so thoroughly contrary to
popular usage?

By the way, I've never played 2S-4H as a splinter. I would expect it to be
to play opposite a pickup partner. It is undiscussed in my current
partnership,
but I would consider it to be to play if partner tried it (3H would be
nonforcing for us).
That being said, I don't agree that a splinter is useless here. A weak two
bid is
wide-ranging in strength (at least for many people it is). A splinter
doesn't simply ask
"Do you have wastage in the splinter suit?"  It is more of a suggestion that
partner
should consider how good his hand is after downgrading honors in the
splinter suit.
If you were at the top of your HCP range to start with, you can easily have
a king or
queen in the splinter suit and still feel that your hand is good opposite
the splinter.