[whereagles]

mikeh, on 2012-January-03, 11:12, said:

Normally a splinter isn't a captaincy-grabbing call

Indeed. It's quite the opposite: show the support and shortness and leave it to pard, whose hand is way more undefined. This is why a splinter should IMO be limited to some 14 or so.

[mike777]

This is a frequent issue here on the forums.

Pard opens a major, we have 4 card support and a good side suit.

I think for B/I players, me, we almost always show our 4 card support and ask pard to describe their hand further.

Very good players seem to not worry about the 4th support card and show their side suit first.

[FrancesHinden]

I nearly always show my 4-card support first, and I would do so on this hand. The only time I make a 2/1 with 4-card support is when I plan to take control of the auction later.
But that is because I have good agreements after Jacoby (and good agreements after a void splinter, although this hand is too good for my void splinters).